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Section 54
The Maharashtra Jeevan Authority Act, 1976.Maharashtra

Section 54. Power to disinfect tanks, pools and wells

Any officer or servant authorised by 1[the Authority] in that behalf may have any tank, pool or well, cleaned or disinfected after notice to the owner or occupier, if any, when it appears that such cleaning or disinfection will prevent or check the spread of any dangerous disease. The cost of cleaning or disinfection shall be recoverable by 2[the Authority] from the owner or occupier of such tank, pool or well.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.