Chapter X — MUNICIPAL POWER AND OFFENCES Powers in respect of road

Section 156Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply

Section 156: Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply

156. Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply

The municipality may, by notice, require an owner or occupier on whose land a drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse exists as is likely to endanger the purity of water, a spring, well, tank, reservoir or other source from which water is, or may be, derived for public use, to remove or close the same within one week from the service of such notice.