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HEALTH ACT 1911 - SECT 129

129 .         Pollution of water supply

                Any person who —

            (a)         defiles or pollutes any water supply, or the catchment area thereof; or

            (b)         permits or suffers any water supply or the catchment area thereof to become defiled or polluted,

                commits an offence.

        Water supply in this Division includes any river, stream, watercourse, creek, swamp, water-hole, well, tank, lake, or reservoir containing water intended or available for human consumption.

        [Section 129 amended by No. 17 of 1918 s. 13; No. 113 of 1965 s. 8(1); No. 80 of 1987 s. 26.]



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