Section 43

A local authority may by notice require the owner of any premises to provide within a specified time a sufficient and wholesome supply of water for such premises, and if the owner does not comply with such notice may take such steps as may be necessary for

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the provision of the supply and recover the expenses thus incurred in so doing from the owner in the same manner as a civil debt:

Provided that the expenses recoverable in respect of any one premises shall not exceed five hundred ringgit.

Right of appeal against action of local authority.