Malaysia legislation

Section 122

of WATER SERVICES INDUSTRY ACT 2006

Section 122

(a)

wilfully, negligently or recklessly damages or causes to be damaged any pipe, channel, conduit or structure, sewer, manhole, chamber, fixture, equipment, reservoir, cistern, pump, hydrant, valve, meter, sub-meter or any part of any public water supply system or public sewerage system;

(b)

flushes, draws off, diverts or takes water from any public water supply system or part of the system, unless the person is otherwise permitted under this Act or any other written law;

(c)

bathes, wastes or throws any rubbish or creature, dead or alive, into any public water supply system or part of the system; or

(d)

trespasses on any area of a service reservoir or booster station of a public water supply system or on any area of a sewage pumping station or sewage treatment works of a public sewerage system, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

(2)

A person who is convicted for an offence under paragraph

(1)

(a)

shall be liable to pay compensation for such damage and such compensation shall be recoverable from such person by the licensee in the manner provided under section 88.

Unlawful connection of water supply