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Waterworks

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Penalties.

Power of arrest.

(Cap. 232.)

Regulations.

(ii) the amount of the charge;

(iii) the nature and other particulars of the charge; and

(iv) that the charge remains unpaid;

(d) in the case of proceedings in respect of alterations or repairs to a fire service, inside service or communal service, the nature and other particulars of the alterations or repairs,

shall be admitted in evidence without further proof.

(3) When a document is admitted in evidence under sub-section (2)-

(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the

document is so signed;

(b) the document shall be prima facie evidence of the facts

stated therein.

35. (1) Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Ordinance shall, unless a penalty is otherwise expressly provided, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000.

(2) Any person convicted of an offence under section 29 or section 30(1) or (2) shall, if the offence is a continuing one, be liable to a further fine of $200 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues.

36. (1) Any public officer, authorized in writing in that behalf by the Water Authority, may arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence under section 29(1)(e), 30, 31 or 32.

(2) Where a public officer arrests a person under subsection (1) he shall forthwith take that person to the nearest police station and hand him over to the custody of a police officer, and thereupon section 52 of the Police Force Ordinance shall apply.

37. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following matters-

(a) the quality and type of a supply;

(b) the construction, installation, maintenance, cleanliness, alteration, repair or removal of a fire service or inside service;

(c) the connexion or reconnexion of a fire service or inside service to the main and the conditions subject to which such connexion or reconnexion may be made;

(d) the method of measuring or assessing consumption;

(e) the provision, number, size, installation, maintenance,

repair, removal and custody of meters in premises;

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