← Back to Baluchistan Local Government Act 1975 Outline

65

Private sources of water supply

Act: Baluchistan Local Government Act 1975

Section Provisions

ACT XII OF 1975 ACT XII OF 1975 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1975 CHAPTER XI‑COMPULSORY FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES 65. Private sources of water supply.‑(1) All private sources of water supply within a Municipality shall be subject to control, regulation and inspec tion by the Municipal Committee. (2) No new well, water‑pump or any other source of water for drinking purposes shall be dug, constructed or provided except with the sanction of the Municipal Committee. (3) A Municipal Committee may, by notice, require the owner or any person having the control of any private source of water supply used for drinking purposes‑ (a) to keep the same in good order and to clean it from time to time of` silt, refuse and decaying matter ; (b) to protect the same from contamination in such manner as the Muni cipal Committee directs; and (c) if the water therein is proved to the satisfaction of the Municipal Committee to be unfit for drinking purposes, to take such measures as may: be specified in the notice to prevent the use of such water for drinking purposes. C‑Drainage‑--