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ACT XII OF 1975 ACT XII OF 1975 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1975 CHAPTER XI‑COMPULSORY FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES 67. Drainage and sewerage schemes for commercial and industrial area/ areas.‑(1) A Municipal Committee may through a notice require the owners, tenants and occupiers of commercial and industrial Concerns in any area or areas within a municipality to have at their own cost prepared, a scheme for the adequate and safe drainage and disposal of their wastes and effluent of the quality permitted under the rules or the bye‑laws and submit it to the Municipal Committee within the time specified in the notice ; provided that the time limit may be extended by the Municipal Committee for a maximum period of three months at the request of the owners, tenants or occupiers of the commercial and the industrial units concerned. (2) The drainage, sewerage and disposal scheme as approved by the Municipal Committee with modification, if any, shall be executed and imple mented by the owners, tenants or occupiers of the commercial or industrial units at their expense in such manner and within such time as may he specified by the Municipal Committee. (3) In case of the failure of the owners, tenants or occupiers of the commercial or industrial concerns to comply with the provisions of subsec tions (1) and (2), the municipal Committee may itself prepare the drainage, sewerage and disposal scheme and execute and implement it after approval by the Government at its own expense and the cost so incurred shall, under this Act, be deemed to be a tax levied on the owners, tenants or occupiers of the industrial and commercial units concerned.