Offences and penalties

Whoever, without any lawful authority, does any of the following acts, namely:-

1. (a) damages, alters, enlarges, or obstructs any irrigation system; or
2. (b) interferes with, increases, or diminishes the water supply in, or the flow of water from, through, over or under any irrigation system; or
3. (c) being responsible for the maintenance of the irrigation system, neglects to take proper precautions for the prevention of wastage of the water there-from or interferes with the authorised distribution of water there-from or uses water in an unauthorised manner, or in such manner as to cause damage to the adjacent land; or
4. (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; or
5. (e) obstructs or removes any level marks or water gauge or any other mark or sign fixed by the authority of a public servant; or
6. (f) violates the Rotational Water Supply and water distribution and regulation made by the Water Users Association or Distributory Committee or the Project Committee; shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.