State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

1[251A. Position of privies and water-closets.— No person shall build a privy or water-closet in such a position or manner as— (a) to be directly over or directly under any room or part of building other than another privy or water-closet or a bathing place, bathroom or terrace; (b) to be within a distance of twenty feet from any well or from any spring, tank or stream of the water whereof is, or is likely to be, used (whether in natural or manufactured state) for human consumption or domestic purposes, or otherwise render the water of any well, spring, tank or stream liable to pollution.]