Section 40
Any person who wilfully or negligently—
(a)
injures, interferes with or pollutes the waterworks;
(b)
draws off, diverts or takes water from the waterworks, or from any stream or waters by which the waterworks are supplied;
(c)
interferes with or opens or shuts any valve, hydrant or stopkcock belonging to a water supply authority;
(d)
abstracts groundwater without a licence from the State
Water Authority; or
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(e)
begins or carries out any construction of or alteration to any impounding works without a licence from the State Water
Authority or in breach of such licence, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, in the case of a first offence, a fine of five thousand ringgit and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, imprisonment for three years and a fine of twenty thousand ringgit.