State Act
Section 267. Prohibition of building and other act which would injure sources of water supply.
The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
267. Prohibition of building and other act which would injure sources of water supply.— (1) Except with the sanction of the Corporation and, in the case of the Vehar waterworks, of 13[the 14[State] Government], or, for the purposes of section 262, under the authority of the Commissioner, no person shall— (a) erect any building for any purpose whatever within the limits of the water-shed of any lake or reservoir from which a supply of water is derived for any municipal water-work; (b) extend, alter or apply to any purpose different to that to which the same has been heretofore applied, any building already existing within the said limits; (c) carry on within the said limits, any operation of manufacture, trade or agriculture in any manner, or do any act whatsoever, whereby injury may arise to any such lake or reservoir or to any portion thereof, or whereby the water of any such lake, tank or reservoir may be fouled or rendered less wholesome. (2) The limits of the water-shed of the Vehar lake shall, for the purposes of this section be deemed to be the limits defined in a plan marked “B” authenticated by the signatures of the Governor and Member of Council, and deposited in the office of the Secretary to the Government of Bombay.