The Oriental Gas Company Act No. 1857
9. Recovery of rent
due for gas.-
If any person supplied
with Gas, or any person to whom any meter or fitting shall have been let for
hire by the said Company, neglect to pay the rent due for the same to the said
Company, the said Company may stop the Gas from entering the premises of
such person, by cutting off the service-pipes, or by such means as the said
Company shall think fit, and recover the rent due from such person, together
with the expenses of cutting off the Gas, by action in any Court of competent
jurisdiction.