Section 54

has a contract with the State Water Authority for the supply of water allows or causes any such water to be carried or conveyed or used outside such premises for purposes other than the purpose of the contract (the extinguishments of fire excepted);

wilfully or negligently misuses or wastes or causes or permits to be misused or wasted any water supplied to his premises; or

has agreed to use the water supplied for a particular purpose only but uses or causes or permits the use of water for a different purpose

(the extinguishments of fire excepted), commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit.

Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the State Water Authority to disconnect water supply from the premises of the consumer who is reasonably suspected

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of having committed any of the offences in subsection (1) and the State Water Authority shall not be held liable for any loss or damage to any person or property as a result of such disconnection.