5B.  Ownership of service system may be transferred :

5B.1 Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, if the Government of Nepal considers appropriate and necessary to make proper arrangement of the water supply and sewerage by getting any service system of any area in which the Corporation is operating and managing it pursuant to this Act transferred to the Board, it may transfer or cause to be transferred the ownership of service system in that area.

5B.2 In transferring, or causing to be transferred the ownership of service system pursuant to Sub-section 5B.1, the Government of Nepal shall valuate as prescribed the service system of which ownership is to be transferred and the properties relating thereto and also transfer the liability equal to the value of such a service system to such a Board.

5B.3 If the ownership of the service system is transferred pursuant to Sub- section 5B.1, the Board taking ownership in such a manner shall be responsible for the provision of drinking water, carrying out sewerage related work, repair and maintenance, and operation and management of the service system.