Section 128 · Removal of latrines, etc, near any source of water supply

(1) The committee may, by notice, require any owner or occupier on whose land any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse for the time being exists within fifty feet of any spring, well, tank, reservoir or other source from which water 1. Proviso to sub-section (2) was omitted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933, Section 43 2. Inserted by Punjab Act 3 of 1933, Section 43 72 The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 129 is or may be derived for public use, to remove or close the same within one week from the service of such notice. (2) Whoever, without the permission of the committee, makes or keeps for a longer time than one week, after notice under this section any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse, within fifty feet of any spring, well, tank, reservoir, or other source from which water is or may be derived for public use, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to "[fifty rupees,] and, when a notice has issued with a further fine not exceeding five rupees for each day during which the offences is continued after the lapse of the period allowed for removal. [129. Discharging sewerage. - Whoever without the permission of the committee, causes or knowingly or negligently allows the contents of any sink, sewer or cesspool or any other offensive matter to flow, drain or be put upon any street or public place, or into any irrigation channel or any sewer or drain not set apart for the purpose, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to "[five hundred rupees]. [129-A. Appointment of places for the emptying of drains and disposal of sewage. - The Executive Officer may cause any or all of the municipal drains to empty into, and all sewage to be disposed of at such place or places as he considers suitable: Provided that no place which has not been before the commencement of the Punjab Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2003, used for any of the purposes specified in this section, shall after such commencement, be used therefor without the approval of the Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the case may be : Provided further that on and after such date as may be appointed by the State Government in this behalf, no sewage shall be discharged into any water- course until it has been so treated as not to effect prejudicially the purity and quality of the water into which it is discharged.]