Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 100 - Bare Act

(1) If any building or land in a panchayat area is, at any time, under drained, or not drained to the satisfaction of the Grama Panchayat, the Grama Panchayat may, by written notice call upon the owner to construct or lay from such building or land a drain or pipe of such size and materials, at such level, and with such fall as it thinks necessary for the drainage of such building or land into,-

(a) some drain or sewer, if there is a suitable drain or sewer within sixteen meters of any part of such building or land, or

(b) a covered cess pool to be provided by such owner.

(2) It shall not be lawful newly to erect any building or to rebuild any building or to occupy any building newly erected or rebuilt in a panchayat area unless and until,-

(a) a drain is constructed of such size, materials and description, at such level, and with such fall, as shall appear to the Grama Panchayat to be necessary for the effectual drainage of such building, or

(b) there have been provided for and set up in such building and in the land appurtenant thereto all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the Grama Panchayat to be necessary for the purposes of gathering and receiving the drainage from , and conveying the same off, the said building and the said land and of effectually flushing the drain of the said building and every fixture connected therewith.

(3) The drain to be constructed as aforesaid shall empty into a Grama Panchayat drain, or into some place legally set apart for the discharge of drainage situated at a distance not exceeding sixteen meters from such building, but if there is no such drain or place within that distance, then such drain shall empty into such cess pool as the Grama Panchayat directs.