Section 15
General restriction on impounding of water
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Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall construct or alter, or cause or permit any other person to begin or to construct or alter any impounding works at any point in inland water within the limit of a catchment area or an area of supply of a water supply authority, unless—
(a)
a licence granted by the State Water Authority and in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed on such licence to obstruct or impede the flow of that inland water at that point by means of impounding works is in force;
(b)
the impounding works will not obstruct or impede or alter the flow of inland water except to the extent and in the manner authorized by the licence; and
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(c)
any other requirements of the licence, whether as to the provision of compensation or rates or tariffs for water impounded or otherwise, are complied with.
(2)
The restrictions stipulated in subsection (1) shall not apply to—
(a)
any works authorized by the Sarawak Rivers Board established under section 3 of the Sarawak Rivers Ordinance,
1993 [Cap. 4]; or
(b)
the construction or alteration of any impounding works which is specially or expressly authorized by the State Water
Authority or by any State law.