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| (1) Every sewer and every fixture or appliance connected therewith shall, from time to time, be repaired, flushed, cleansed, and cleared by the owner or occupier of the premises within which such sewer may be situated. |
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| (2) The Board may, by notice in writing, served on the owner or occupier of such premises, require such owner or occupier within such time as may be specified in the notice, to repair, flush, cleanse or clear such sewer, fixture or appliance. |
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| (3) The Board may, if the requirements of such notice are not complied with, or if the Board receives an application from the said owner or occupier so to do, or if the Board deems immediate action is necessary, repair, flush, cleanse, or clear such sewer, fixture, or appliance, and the expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the said owner or occupier and, in case of default, shall be recoverable as a sewerage charge. |
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| (4) The owner of any premises in which sewers, fixtures and appliances connected therewith are provided for the common use of the occupiers of such premises shall make such provision and take such measures as may be necessary for keeping such sewers, fixtures and appliances in a proper sanitary condition. Every such owner who, after due notice in writing in that behalf for the Board, fails to make such provision or to take such measures as the Board may think fit, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees. |
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| (5) Where any sewer, not being a sewer vested in the Board, or any fixture or appliance is provided for the benefit of more premises than one, the Board may, in pursuance of the provisions of this section, by notice in writing, require the owners or occupiers of such premises, within such time as may be specified in the notice, to execute all or any of the works aforesaid, and the Board may, either in default of compliance with the requirements of such notice, or without such notice if the Board deems necessary, execute all or any of such works and recover the expenses of so doing from the said owners or occupiers in such proportions as it may deem just. |
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| (6) Every owner or occupier who fails or neglects to comply with the requirements of any notice served on him under subsection (2) or subsection (5) within the time specified in the notice shall be guilty of an offence shall be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts