State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

217. Prohibition of constructing drains, etc., near sources of water supply.— (1) The Chief Officer, may by a written notice, require the owner or occupier on whose land any drain, privy, water-closet, cesspool, or other receptacle for filth or refuse for the time being exists within such distance as may be prescribed by by-laws, from any spring, well, stream, channel, tank, reservoir or other source from which water is or may be derived for public use, and which would be in a position where such source of water is likely to be injured or the water therein polluted, to remove or close such drain, privy, water-closet, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse, within one week from the date of service of the notice. (2) Whoever fails to comply with the notice under sub-section (1), shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 2[five hundred rupees] and in the case of continuing offence with further fine which may extend to 3[fifty rupees] for every day after the first during which such offence continues.