66. When any such company has laid down main pipes for the supply of gas or water in or through any of the streets, squares or public places of the territory of any municipality, no other person shall, without the consent of such company first had and obtained, or otherwise than upon payment to such company of such compensation as may be agreed upon, lay down any main pipe for the supply of gas or water within 182 centimetres of any of such company’s main pipes, or, if it be impracticable to cut drains for such other main pipes at a greater distance, then as near 182 centimetres as the circumstances of the case will admit.
R. S. 1964, c. 285, s. 66; 1977, c. 60, s. 38; 1996, c. 2, s. 585; 1999, c. 40, s. 73.