3. The following new section is inserted immediately after section 25 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 25A of that enactment: "
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| | (1) No building or premises constructed from and after the date of the coming into operation of this section, shall be occupied, except by a caretaker, until a certificate to the effect that the internal plumbing of that building and drainage conforms to the requirements prescribed by the Board, has been issued in respect thereof. | | |
| | (2) Any person who has erected any building may apply in writing to the Board for such certificate and the Board shall, after such inquiry as it may consider necessary, within twenty-one days of the receipt of the application either grant the certificate o r inform the applicant of its refusal to do so and the grounds of such refusal. | | |
| | (3) Every person who occupies or allows to be occupied any building or premises, in contravention of this section: shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees for each day during which the contravention continues.". | | |
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