(1)A Grama Panchayat or any officer appointed by it for such purpose may inspect any sewer, drain, privy, water-closet, house-gully or cesspool, and for that purpose, at any time between sunrise and sunset, may enter upon any lands or buildings, with assistants and workmen and cause the ground to be opened where he or it may think fit, doing as little damage as may be.(2)The expenses of such inspection, and of causing the ground to be closed and made good as before, shall be borne by the Grama Panchayat unless the sewer, drain, privy, water-closet, house-gully or cesspool is found to be in bad condition , or was constructed in contravention of the provisions of any enactment, or of any bye-law of the Grama Panchayat in force at the time, in which case such expenses shall be paid by the owner of such sewer, drain, privy, water-closet, house-gully or cesspool and shall be recoverable in the same manner as a tax or fee due to the Grama Panchayat.
