37. Every person who shall commit any of the offences next hereinafter enumerated shall on conviction after trial before a Magistrate for every such offence be punished with a fine a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, that is to say: -
| (a) bathing in any stream, reservoir, aqueduct, or other waterworks belonging to the Board, or washing, throwing, or causing to enter therein any dog or other animal; |
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| (b) throwing any rubbish, dirt, filth, or other noisome thing into any such stream, reservoir, aqueduct, hydrant, surface-box, or other waterworks as aforesaid, or washing or cleansing therein any cloth, wool, leather, or skin of any animal, or any clothes or other thing; |
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| (c) trespassing upon land belonging to the waterworks or upon the buildings or premises connected with the water supply; |
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| (d) unlawfully breaking, injuring, or in any other manner causing damage to any channel, tank, reservoir, cistern, well, fountain, stand-pipe or other work connected with the water supply; |
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| (e) causing the water of any sink, sewer, or drain, steam engine, boiler, or other water belonging to him or under his control, to run or be brought into any stream, reservoir, aqueduct, or other waterworks belonging to the Board, or doing any other act whereby the water belonging to the waterworks shall be fouled; |
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and every such person shall be liable to a further fine of ten rupees for each day (if more than one) that such last-mentioned offence shall be continued.
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts