Amendment of Section 6

In the principal Act, in section 6,- (1) for the marginal heading "Prohibition of wastage of water", the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Prohibition of pollution, wastage, misuse or disturbance in equitable distribution of water"; (2) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) No owner or occupier of any premises to which water is supplied by the Government shall cause or suffer any water to be polluted, wasted, misused or cause disturbance in equitable distribution of water or cause or suffer the service pipe, tap, other fitting or work connected therewith to remain out of repair so as to cause pollution, wastage, misuse or disturbance in equitable distribution of water; (3) in sub-section (3),- (a) after the words "repairs to be made" and before the words "and recover", the words "or removed" shall be inserted; and (b) after the words "from the consumer" appearing at the end, the words "as an arrear of Water charge payable under this Act" shall be inserted.