Section 17

damages or causes damage to any drainage or irrigation works; or

wilfully or maliciously pollutes water in any drainage or irrigation works; or

wilfully or maliciously blocks up or causes in any way to be blocked up or obstructed any drainage or irrigation works; or

breaches or cuts through the banks or sides of or interferes in any manner with the flow of water in any drainage or irrigation works; or

wilfully causes waste of water conserved by any irrigation works or obtained from such works; or

obtains water from irrigation works by any act contrary to the provisions of this

Ordinance or the written directions of the Executive Officer; or

not being a payer of water rates under the provisions of section 8 draws off or converts to his own use any irrigation water; or

being an owner or occupier of land within a drainage or irrigation area refuses to allow the passage of irrigation water over his land or obstructs such passage: or

constructs any canal, watercourse, drain, ditch, or pond, or deepens or enlarges any existing canal, watercourse, drain, ditch, or pond within a drainage or irrigation area without having obtained the consent thereto in writing of the

Executive Officer or his duly appointed representative; or

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tampers with any sluice gate, regulator or any other part of any drainage or irrigation works; or

leads any animal or, being the owner or person in charge, fails to prevent any animal from straying upon the banks or sides of any drainage or irrigation works, shall be liable to a fine of five hundred ringgit and to imprisonment for three months and in any case where damage is done to the works or expense caused by such acts then the cost of repairing such damage or the expenses involved may be recovered from the offender by the Executive Officer in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

Waste or obstruction of water.