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| (1) For the purposes of the preparation of a transfer scheme under this Law in respect of the water supply or sewerage undertaking carried on by a local authority, the Board may-
| | (a) hold such inquiries and inspect such movable or immovable property of the local authority as the Board may consider necessary; and | | |
| | (b) request such local authority, or any officer of such local authority, to furnish to the Board such particulars and other information as the Board may consider necessary relating to such undertaking and other matters for which provision is to be made in such scheme, and to produce for examination books or documents containing such particulars or information. | | |
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| (2) It shall be the duty of a local authority or any officer of such local authority to comply with any request issued to such local authority or such officer, as the case may be, by the Board under subsection (1). |
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| (3) Any officer of a local authority who without reasonable cause fails to comply with any direction issued to him under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on. conviction after trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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