Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
GAS
Marginal Notes
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Gas Ordinance.
2. Interpretation.
3. Company may be empowered to construct the necessary gasworks.
4. Extension of company's operations outside a Municipal town.
5. Power to break up streets, & c under superintendence and to open drains.
6. Company not to enter on private land without consent.
7. Notice to be served on persons having control, & c, before breaking up streets or opening drains.
8. Streets or drains not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons having control of the same.
9. Streets broken up to be reinstated without delay.
10. Penalty for delaying in reinstating streets.
11. In case of delay other parties may reinstate and recover the expense. Expense how to be ascertained and recovered.
12. Power to enter buildings for ascertaining quantity of gas consumed.
13. Recovery of rent due for gas.
14. Power to take away pipes when supply of gas discontinued.
15. Meters not liable to distress for rent, & c.
16. Penalty for fraudulently using gas.
17. Penalty for wilfully damaging pipes.
18. Satisfaction for accidentally damaging pipes.
19. Penalty for causing water to be corrupted.Daily penalty during the continuance of offence.
20. Daily penalty during escape of gas after notice.
21. Penalty if water be fouled by gas.
22. Power to examine gas pipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled.
23. Expenses to abide result of examination.
24. How expenses to be ascertained.
25. Liability to indictment for nuisance.
26. Copies of the original deed of association and of all rules, & c, to be kept for inspection at the office of the company in the town or place where the gasworks are established, and in the office of the Registrar of Companies.
27. Service of process.