State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

233. Commissioner may close or limit the use of existing private drains.— (1) Where a drain connecting any premises with a municipal drain 6[or other place legally set apart for the discharge of drainage] is sufficient for the effectual drainage of the said premises and is otherwise unobjectionable, but is not, in the opinion of the Commissioner, adapted to the general drainage system of 7[Brihan Mumbai] or the part of 8[Brihan Mumbai] in which such drain is situated], the Commissioner, with the approval of 9[the Standing Committee], may— (a) subject to the provision of sub-section (2) close, discontinue or destroy the said drain and cause any work necessary for that purpose to be done; 1[(b) direct that such drain shall, from such date as he prescribes in this behalf be used for sullage and sewage only, or for rain-water only or for unpolluted sub-soil water only, or for both rain-water and unpolluted sub-soil water only and by written notice require the owner or occupier of the premises to make an entirely distinct drain for rain-water or unpolluted sub-soil water, or for both rain-water and unpolluted sub-soil water, or for sullage and sewage.] (2) No drain may he closed, discontinued or destroyed by the Commissioner under clause (a), except on condition of his providing another drain-as effectual 2[or the drainage of the premises and communication with any municipal drain for other place aforesaid] which the Commissioner thinks fit; and the expenses of the construction of any drain so provided by the Commissioner and of any work done under clause (a) shall be paid by the Commissioner. (3) Any requisition made by the Commissioner under clause (b) may embrace any detail specified in clause (a) or clause (b) of section 231.