Section 41

alters or causes or permits to be altered or tampered, any supply pipe with intent to avoid the accurate measurement of water;

wilfully or negligently interferes or tampers with or injures or damages any meter;

dishonestly alters the index of any meter used by the water supply authority for measuring the water supplied by such authority; or

dishonestly prevents any meter used by the water supply authority from registering correctly the quantity of water supplied, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, in the case of a first offence, a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit and imprisonment not exceeding two years and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit and imprisonment not exceeding four years.

Any supply pipe so altered or meter so injured, altered, tampered or interfered with shall be replaced or repaired by the water supply authority, and the cost of such replacement or repair may be recovered, upon the order of a Magistrate, from the person convicted under subsection (1) in the same manner as a fine.

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