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(1) Where in any cantonment there is a water-supply under the control of the 1 [Military Engineer] Services or the Public Works Department, the Officer of the 1 [Military Engineer] Services or of the Public Works Department, as the case may be, in charge of such water-supply (hereinafter in 2 [this Chapter] referred to as the Officer) may publish in the cantonment in such manner as he thinks fit a notice declaring that any lake, stream, spring, well, tank, reservoir or other source, whether within or without the limits of the cantonment (other than a source of public water-supply under the control of the 3 [Board]) is a source of public water-supply and may, for the purpose of keeping any such source in good order or of protecting it from contamination or from use, require the 3 [Board] to exercise any power conferred upon 4 [it] by section 219.
(2) In the case of any water-supply such as is referred to in sub-section (1), the following provisions of this Chapter, namely, the provisions of sections 220,222,223,224,226,227, 228,229,230,231 and 232 shall, as far as may be, be applicable in respect of the supply of water to the cantonment, and for the purpose of such application references to the 3 [Board] shall be construed as references to the Officer, and references to the Executive Officer or other officer or servant of the 3 [Board] shall be construed as references to such person as may be authorised in this behalf by the Officer.
5 [(3) The provisions of section 222 shall be applicable in respect of the supply of water by agreement to the Board by the Officer for use for any purpose other than a domestic purpose in like manner as they are applicable to such supply to the owner, lessee or occupier of any building or land in the cantonment.]
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1. Substituted by Act 7 of 1925, section 9, for "Military Works".
2. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 57, for "This section and in section 234".
3. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority".
4. Substituted by Act 34 of 1939, section 2 and Schedule I, for "that Authority".
5. Inserted by Act 15 of 1942, section 10.