Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Pollution of water
Any person who bathes or washes articles in or otherwise pollutes or causes to be polluted any irrigation tank, channel or water-course shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty ringgit or both:
Provided that the appropriate authority may, by order notified in the Gazette, declare that this section shall not apply in any irrigation area specified in such order.
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Irrigation Areas