Water Supply Act · s 35

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35.
Fraudulent measurement
(1) Any person who —
(a) alters or causes or permits to be altered any inside service with intent to avoid the accurate measurement of water;
(b) wilfully or negligently interferes with or injures any meter;
(c) dishonestly alters the index of any meter used by the
Authority for measuring the water supplied by the Authority;
(d) dishonestly prevents any meter used by the Authority from registering correctly the quantity of water supplied; or

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(e) dishonestly abstracts or uses any water, is   guilty   of   an   offence   and   liable   on   conviction   to   a   fine   not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
(2) Any inside service so altered and any meter so interfered with, injured or altered, shall be replaced or repaired by the 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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s 35Fraudulent measurement

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

alters or causes or permits to be altered any inside service with intent to avoid the accurate measurement of water;

(b)

wilfully or negligently interferes with or injures any meter;

(c)

dishonestly alters the index of any meter used by the

Authority for measuring the water supplied by the Authority;

(d)

dishonestly prevents any meter used by the Authority from registering correctly the quantity of water supplied; or

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(e)

dishonestly abstracts or uses any water, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.

(2)

Any inside service so altered and any meter so interfered with, injured or altered, shall be replaced or repaired by the 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.