Prohibition of wilful or neglectful acts relating to water-works.

4[(1)] No person shall wilfully or negligently—

1. (a) injure or suffer to be injured any meter belonging to the corporation or any of the fitting of any such meter;
2. (b) break, injure or open any lock, cock, valve, pipe, work, 5[engine, cistern or fitting] appertaining to any municipal water-work;
3. (c) flush or draw off the water from any such water-work, thereby causing such water to be wasted;
4. (d) do any act 6[or suffer any act to be done] whereby the water in or derived from any municipal water-work shall be wasted;
5. (e) obstruct, divert or in any way injure or alter any water-main or duct; 7[(f) except with the permission of the Commissioner open, break, injure or tamper with any lock furnished under section 274A]; These words were inserted by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 39. Sub-section (2) was added by Mah. 21 of 1989, s. 39. Sub-section (3) was added by Mah. 21 of 1989, s. 40. Section 284 was re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Mah. 21 of 1989, s. 41. These words were substituted for “or engine” by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 32(a). These words were inserted by Bom. 8 of 1918, s. 15. This clause was inserted by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 32(b).

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1[(g) misuse the water duly provided by the Corporation for a specific purpose or use the same for any other purpose, whether specified or not.]

2[(2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished,—

1. (a) for the first offence, with an imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with a fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and which may extend upto one thousand rupees or with both;
2. (b) for the second every subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which shall not be less than two hundred rupees and which may extend upto two thousand rupees or with both.]