71Offences

71 Offences

(1)  *[Section 71 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 71 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1980, s. 4 ][Section 71 Subsection (1) amended by No. 75 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 71 Subsection (1) amended by No. 67 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*No person shall –

(a) destroy or injure any part of the undertaking;

(b) remove, injure, or destroy any survey peg or landmark inserted or made in connection with any work constructed under the authority of this Act or the special Act;

(c) in any manner prevent or obstruct the flow of water in or through any part of the undertaking; or

(d) otherwise injure or obstruct the passage of the water in a pure and wholesome state through any part of the undertaking.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  *[Section 71 Subsection (2) amended by No. 54 of 1963, s. 10 ][Section 71 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 71 Subsection (2) amended by No. 45 of 1980, s. 4 ][Section 71 Subsection (2) amended by No. 75 of 1987, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 71 Subsection (2) amended by No. 67 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*No person shall –

(a) bathe in any stream above and within the prescribed distance of the undertakers' source of supply or in any lake which is a source of supply within the prescribed distance of the intake of the waterworks or in any reservoir or other part of the undertakers' waterworks, or wash, throw, or cause or permit to enter therein any animal, whether alive or dead;

(b) throw any rubbish, dirt, filth, or other noisome thing into any lake, or stream from which the undertakers are lawfully diverting water, so as to affect the undertakers' source of supply, or into any reservoir or other part of their undertaking, or wash or cleanse therein any cloth, wool, or leather, or the skin of any animal, or any clothes or other thing;

(c) cause or permit the water of any sink, sewer, drain, steam engine, or boiler, or other filthy water belonging to him or under his control to run or to be brought into any such lake, or stream so as to affect the undertakers' source of supply, or into any reservoir or other part of the undertaking, or do or permit to be done any other act whereby the water in the undertaking or any water supplying the same is fouled;