Section 6

Where the bank of a river is interfered with, or where any felling, obstruction, interference, or building takes place in contravention of section 5, the owner and the occupier of the land wherein the bank so interfered with or any part thereof is included and the owner and occupier of the land whereon such tree was felled or which is nearest to such obstruction, interference or building shall in any proceedings under this Act be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to have interfered with the bank, or effected the felling, obstruction, interference, or building, as the case may be.