(1) The Municipality may lay or carry any water-main or service-main or any pipe or channel of any kind for the purpose of providing or carrying out or maintaining a system of water-supply on, across, under or over any street or public place, may at all times do all acts and things which may be necessary or expedient for repairing or maintaining any such pipe or channel, as the case may be, in an effective state for the purpose for which such pipe or channel, as the case may be, may be used or intended to be used.
(2) The Municipality may, by regulations,-
(a) specify the terms and conditions for provision of water meter to the owner or the occupier of any land or building;
(b) recover the consumption charges for supply of such water as recorded by such water meter; and
(c) take all such necessary steps as may be required for proper utilization of water and detection of any fraud in respect of such water meters as prescribed.
(3) The Commissioner or any person authorized by him/ her, may cause necessary action including disconnection of municipal water supply in any non-occupied premises, where it is detected that there is illegal drawal of water, or such premises is causing contamination of water supply lines, or is otherwise causing interference in the municipal water supply network in any manner; and may take penal Powers of the Municipality in water supply.
100 [Act No. 11 of 2019] action for such violations as prescribed. Any additional expenses due to damage caused by any of the above circumstances, or for the restoration of water supply, incurred by the Municipality shall be recovered from the persons causing such damage.
(4) The Commissioner or any person authorized by him/her, may cause disconnection of Municipal water supply to any premises for non-payment of outstanding dues to the municipality, by the owner or occupier, till such dues are paid by him:
Provided that the Municipality shall not be liable to pay any penalty or damages for disconnecting supply of water or for not supplying water, in the case of any drought, or other unavoidable circumstances.
Certain prohibitions to maintain water supply.