Offences and Penalties

Whoever without any lawful authority does any of the following acts namely:- (a) damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any irrigation system, (b) Interferes with increases, diminishes the water supply in or the flow of water from, through, over or under any irrigation system. (c) Being responsible for the maintenance of the irrigation system neglects to take proper precautions for the prevention of wastage of the water thereof or interences with the authorized distribution of water there from or use water in an unauthorized manner or in such manner to cause damage to the adjacent land holdings, (d) Corrupts or fouls, water of any irrigation system so as to render it less fit for the purposes for which it is ordinarily used, (e) obstructs or remove any level Marks or Water Gauge or any other mark or signed fixed by the Authority or a Public Servant, and (f) Opens, shuts, obstructs or attempts to open, shut or obstruct any sluices or any other similar structures in any irrigation system, shall, on a complaint made by a farmers' organization, if convicted, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one year or with fines which may extend to Rs. 5,000 or with both.