Section 24
Tampering with irrigation works
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Section 24
(1)
Any person who without authority from the Drainage and
Irrigation Engineer or other officer in charge of an irrigation area, opens or closes or otherwise tampers with any sluices, water gates, regulators, pipes, bench marks, water gauges or other works forming part of any of the irrigation works within such area shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding three hundred ringgit or both.
(2)
Where by reason of any irrigation works having been so tampered with the land of any person is benefited the onus of proving that he did not so tamper therewith or cause them to be so tampered with shall lie on such person.