Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
(1) In the exercise of the powers under the following provisions of this Act by the Commissioner or any other Municipal officer or servant or any other person authorised by or under this Act to execute any work, as little damage as can be shall be done and compensation assessed in the manner prescribed by or under this Act shall be paid to any person who sustains damage in consequence of the exercise of such powers, namely:— (a) carrying any municipal drain through, across or under any street or any place laid out as or intended for a street or across any cellar or vault under any street under sub-section (1) of section 155; (b) entering upon and constructing any new drain or repairing or altering any municipal drain already constructed under sub-section (2) of section 155;