(1) No person shall-
(a) wilfully obstruct any person acting under the
authority of the Chief Municipal Officer in
setting out the lines of any works, or pull up or
remove any pillar, post or shaft fixed in the
ground for the purpose of setting out lines of
such works, or deface or destroy any works
made for such purpose, or
(b) wilfully or negligently break, damage, turn on,
open, close, shut off, or otherwise interfere
with, any lock, cock, valve, pipe, meter or other
work or apparatus belonging to the
Municipality, or
(c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw
off, or divert, or take water from, any
waterworks belonging to the Municipality or
any water-course by which any such
waterworks is supplied, or
(d) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw
off, or divert, or take, sewage work belonging
to the Municipality or break or damage any
electrical transmission line maintained by the
Municipality, or
(e) throw any material including plastic bags and
containers or waste of dairies, piggeries and
farms into any municipal drain or sewer, or
(f) obstruct any officer or other employee of the
Municipality in the discharge of his duties
under this Chapter or refuse, or wilfully
neglect, to furnish him with the means
necessary for the making of any entry,
inspection, examination or inquiry thereunder
in relation to any water or sewage work, or
(g) bathe in, at, or upon, any waterworks, or wash
or throw or cause to enter therein any animal,
or throw any rubbish, dirt or filth into any
waterworks or wash or clean therein any cloth,
wool or leather or the skin of any animal, or
cause the water of any sink or drain or any
steam-engine or boiler or any polluted water to
turn, or to be brought, into any waterworks, or
do any other act, whereby the water in any
waterworks is fouled or is likely to be fouled.
(2) Nothing in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply to a
consumer closing the stopcock fixed on the service pipe supplying
water to his premises so long as he has obtained the consent of any
other consumer whose supply will be affected thereby.
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