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CAP. 123]

Buildings.

[s. 83 cont.] existing pail latrine having such communication shall have the same completely cut off by the owner when so required by the Building Authority.

Direct connexion

of water

service with latrines etc. prohibited.

Separate

dwellings and

exceptional

buildings

to have adequate

latrines or

water-closets.

Subsoil

drains to be provided

when required.

Drains to be provided in new buildings.

Drainage works to be carried out by persons approved by Building Authority.

Drains in existing buildings to be amended or reconstructed if defective.

[98]

84. No water pipe or water tap shall be led to, or fixed in or over, any water-closet, latrine or urinal, without the intervention of a cistern or tank between such water pipe or water tap and the water service pipe.

[99]

85. Every domestic building and every floor of a domestic building hereafter erected which is separately let for dwelling purposes shall be provided with adequate latrine accommodation to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and every exceptional building shall be provided by the owner thereof with adequate latrine accommodation on the premises for the separate use of each sex to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.

[100]

Drainage, storm-water channels and nullahs.

86. Where in the opinion of the Building Authority the site on which any domestic building is about to be erected or re-erected is so damp as to require subsoil drains, adequate provision of such drains shall be made to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.

[101]

87. Every owner of a new building shall construct the ground floor of such building at such sufficiently high level as will allow of the construction of a drain and of the provision of the requisite communication with any public sewer into which such drain may lawfully empty, at a point in the upper half-diameter of such sewer.

[102]

88. All works connected with the construction, repair, amendment, disconnexion, trapping, and ventilation of drains shall be carried out at the cost of the owner of the building by persons approved by the Building Authority under the supervision of his officers and in all respects to his satisfaction.

[103]

89. (1) The Building Authority may, by a written notice, require the owners of existing buildings, the drains of which are, in his opinion, in a defective or insanitary condition to construct within a reasonable time, new drains

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CAP. 123] Buildings. [s. 83 cont.] existing pail latrine having such communication shall have the same completely cut off by the owner when so required by the Building Authority. Direct connexion of water service with latrines etc. prohibited. Separate dwellings and exceptional buildings to have adequate latrines or water-closets. Subsoil drains to be provided when required. Drains to be provided in new buildings. Drainage works to be carried out by persons approved by Building Authority. Drains in existing buildings to be amended or reconstructed if defective. [98] 84. No water pipe or water tap shall be led to, or fixed in or over, any water-closet, latrine or urinal, without the intervention of a cistern or tank between such water pipe or water tap and the water service pipe. [99] 85. Every domestic building and every floor of a domestic building hereafter erected which is separately let for dwelling purposes shall be provided with adequate latrine accommodation to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and every exceptional building shall be provided by the owner thereof with adequate latrine accommodation on the premises for the separate use of each sex to the satisfaction of the Building Authority. [100] Drainage, storm-water channels and nullahs. 86. Where in the opinion of the Building Authority the site on which any domestic building is about to be erected or re-erected is so damp as to require subsoil drains, adequate provision of such drains shall be made to the satisfaction of the Building Authority. [101] 87. Every owner of a new building shall construct the ground floor of such building at such sufficiently high level as will allow of the construction of a drain and of the provision of the requisite communication with any public sewer into which such drain may lawfully empty, at a point in the upper half-diameter of such sewer. [102] 88. All works connected with the construction, repair, amendment, disconnexion, trapping, and ventilation of drains shall be carried out at the cost of the owner of the building by persons approved by the Building Authority under the supervision of his officers and in all respects to his satisfaction. [103] 89. (1) The Building Authority may, by a written notice, require the owners of existing buildings, the drains of which are, in his opinion, in a defective or insanitary condition to construct within a reasonable time, new drains 496 1

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! CAP. 123] Buildings. [s. 83 cont.] existing pail latrine having such communication shall have the same completely cut off by the owner when so required by the Building Authority. Direct connexion of water service with latrines etc. prohibited. Separate dwellings and exceptional buildings to have adequate latrines or water-closets. Subsoil drains to be provided when required. Drains to be provided in new buildings. Drainage works to be carried out by persons approved by Building Authority. Drains in existing buildings to be amended or recon- structed if defective. [98] 84. No water pipe or water tap shall be led to, or fixed in or over, any water-closet, latrine or urinal, without the intervention of a cistern or tank between such water pipe or water tap and the water service pipe. [99] 85. Every domestic building and every floor of a domestic building hereafter erected which is separately let for dwelling purposes shall be provided with adequate latrine accommodation to the satisfaction of the Building Authority and every exceptional building shall be provided by the owner thereof with adequate latrine accommodation on the premises for the separate use of each sex to the satisfaction of the Building Authority. [100] Drainage, storm-water channels and nullahs. 86. Where in the opinion of the Building Authority the site on which any domestic building is about to be erected or re-erected is so damp as to require subsoil drains, adequate provision of such drains shall be made to the satisfaction of the Building Authority. [101] 87. Every owner of a new building shall construct the ground floor of such building at such sufficiently high level as will allow of the construction of a drain and of the provision of the requisite communication with any public sewer into which such drain may lawfully empty, at a point in the upper half-diameter of such sewer. [102] 88. All works connected with the construction, repair, amendment, disconnexion, trapping, and ventilation of drains shall be carried out at the cost of the owner of the building by persons approved by the Building Authority under the supervision of his officers and in all respects to his satisfaction. [103] 89. (1) The Building Authority may, by a written notice, require the owners of existing buildings, the drains of which are, in his opinion, in a defective or insanitary condition to construct within a reasonable time, new drains 496 1

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