Section 2
Not to enter on private land without consent.
The Oriental Gas Company Act, 1857
About this Act
An Act to confer certain powers on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited.
Provided always, that nothing herein shall
authorise or empower the said Company to lay down or place any pipe or other works into, through, or
against any building, or in any land not dedicated to public use, without the consent of the owners and
occupiers thereof; except that the said Company may at any time enter upon and lay or place any new
pipe in the place of an existing pipe, in any land wherein any pipe has been already lawfully laid down or
placed in pursuance of this Act, and may repair or alter any pipe so laid down.