Section 159 in Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920
159. Prohibition against allowing outflow of filth.
- No owner or occupier of any premises shall allow the water from any sink, drain, latrine or stable, or any other filth to flow out of such premises to any portion of a street except a drain or a cesspool or to flow out of such premises in such a manner as to cause an avoidable nuisance by the soakage of the said water or filth into the walls or ground at the side of a drain forming a portion of a street.
