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COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY ACT 1947 - SECT 46

46 .         Fraudulently taking water

        (1)         Any person who fraudulently takes or causes to be taken any water from a reservoir, main or pipe belonging to or vested in the Corporation or from any pipe leading to or from any water works shall be guilty of an offence.

        Penalty:         For an individual — $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

                                For a body corporate — $20 000.

        (2)         A court of summary jurisdiction dealing with an offence under this section is to be constituted by a magistrate.

        [Section 46 amended by No. 25 of 1985 s. 104; No. 110 of 1985 s. 46; No. 73 of 1995 s. 63; No. 32 of 1997 s. 5; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]



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