Offences and Penalties

9. Any Person, who has-

1. (a) made a connection to sewerage system without any approval of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED);
2. (b) allowed discharge of the characteristics of sewage or polluted water other than those specified by the Government by rules, by any means whosoever, into the sewerage system managed by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED);
3. (c) caused disruption to sewerage system or sanitation service giving rise to nuisance or likely to cause nuisance; and
4. (d) committed nuisance or abetted commission of nuisance shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this Act and be punished with simple imprisonment of one month which may be extended to six months or fine which may extend up to rupees fifty thousand along with the actual cost of restoration of sewerage system or sanitation service, as the case may be, as determined by the Technical Committee, or with both. Whoever, having been convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, is again guilty of an offence under this Act shall be subject for every such subsequent offence to imprisonment which may extend to one year, with or without fine.