Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsPenalty for affixing pipe or apparatus to communication or other pipe without the consent of the General Manager
| 31. It shall not be lawful for the owner or occupier of any premises supplied with water from the Board, or any consumer of the water of the Board, or any other person to affix or cause or permit to be affixed any pipe or apparatus to any pipe or apparatus provided for the conveyance, reception, or control of water from the Board, whether or not such pipe or apparatus is the property of the Board or private property, without the consent in every such case of the General Manager of the Board; and if any person acts in any respect in contravention of the provisions of this section, he shall, for every such offence, be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, without prejudice to the right of the Board to recover damages from him in respect of any injury done to the Board's property, and without prejudice to its right to recover from him the value of any water wasted, misused, or unduly consumed. |