Section 100(3) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(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.