Malaysia legislation

Section 40

of Water Ordinance, 1994

Section 40

Offences relating to water and waterworks

(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.

Fraudulent measurement