Section 201. Powers for making drains etc.

(1) In order to carry out any drainage scheme, it shall be lawful for a Municipality to carry any drain, sewer, conduit, tunnel, culvert, pipe or watercourse through, across or under any street, or any place laid out as or intended for a street, or under any cellar or vault which may be under any street, and, after giving reasonable notice in writing to the owner or occupier, into, through or under any land whatsoever within the Municipality. (2) The Municipality or any officer appointed by it for such purpose may enter upon and construct any new drain in the place of an existing drain in any land wherein any drain vested in the Municipality has been already constructed, or may repair or alter any drain vested in the Municipality. (3) In the exercise of any power under this section no unnecessary damage shall be done, and compensation, which shall, in case of dispute be ascertained and determined in the manner provided in section 295, shall be paid by the Municipality to any person who sustains damage by the exercise of such power.