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| (1) All works connected with-
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| | (b) the connection of any private sewer with any public sewer,
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| (2) Every person who, not being an officer of the Board or a person licensed by the Board, carries out any work referred to in subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees. |
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| (3) Where any work referred to in subsection (1) is carried out by any person (other than an officer of the Board, or person licensed by the Board) or otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Law or of any regulations for the time being in force, the Board may cause such work to be demolished, altered, or otherwise brought into conformity with such provisions and the expenses thereby incurred shall, except in the case where the work was carried out by an officer of the Board, be paid by the owner of the premises on which the work was carried out and in case of default, shall be recoverable as a sewerage charge. |
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| (4) Any work carried out under the provisions of this section shall be open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of the officers of the Board. |
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