Compensa tion to be paid from funds provided by the
Legislative Council.
Waste of
misuse of a supply
Unlawful taking of
water.
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(3) The tribunal shall hear any evidence which the Water Authority or the lessee may wish to tender and, if so desired, hear counsel on behalf of the Government and the lessee, and shall determine the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to the lessed.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the tribunal shall have powers similar to those vested in the Supreme Court for hearing evidence, determining claims for damages and awarding costs,
(5) The practice and procedure in connexion with any pro- ceedings before a tribunal under this section shall be such as the tribunal may determine.
(6) Any award or decision of a tribunal under this section shall be final:
Provided that any party dissatisfied with the decision as being erroneous in point of law, may, within one month after the deci- sion, require the tribunal to state and sign a case for the decision of the Full Court.
27. Compensation awarded under section 26 shall be paid from such money as may be provided from time to time by the Legislative Council.
PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS
28. Any person who wastes or misuses, or causes or permits to be wasted or misused, a supply shall be guilty of an offence.
29. (1) Except with the permission of the Water Authority. no person shall—
(a) lake water from the waterworks other than through a
fire service, inside service or public standpipe:
(b) take water through a fire service for any purpose other
than for fire fighting:
(c) take water through an inside service for any purpose
other than that for which the water is supplied;
(d) subject to section 18, take through a fire service or inside service water which is not measured by a meter; or
(e) divert water from the waterworks,
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(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence,
30. (1) Any person who deposits, or causes or permits to be Pollution, deposited, any solid or liquid matter in such a manner or place that it may fall or be washed or carried into water forming part of the waterworks shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who—
(a) caters, or bathes or washes in, water forming part of the
waterworks;
(b) washes or causes or permits any animal to enter therein;
Or
(c) throws or places any thing therein,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) No act shall be an offence under this section if it is done with the permission in writing of the Water Authority.
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
31. Any person who, without the permission in writing of Damage, the Water Authority, alters, interferes with, damages or destroys ele, lo
waterworks. any part of the waterworks shall be guilty of an offence.
32. Any person who obstructs the Water Authority, or any Obstruction. person authorized by him in writing, exercising any power, per- forming any duty, or carrying out any function, under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on con- viction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for å months.
33. (1) The Waler Authority may carry out repairs or other Cost of works to any fire service, inside service or any part of the water- repairing
damage and works which is altered, interfered with, damaged, or destroyed as
recovery of a result of the commission of an offence, and the cost of such damages or repairs or other works may, upon an order of a magistrate, be loss. recovered from the person convicted of the offence in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance.
(2) If the Water Authority suffers any damage or loss as a result of the commission of any offence referred to in subsection (1), such damage or loss may, upon an order of a magistrate, be
(Cap. 227.)
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