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Injury or alteration of water- works or inside services.

Fraudulent

measure.

nient.

Inter

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21. Every person who wilfully or negligently injures the waterworks. or unlawfully draws off, diverts or takes water from the same or from any stream or waters by which the waterworks are supplied, or alters or causes or permits any inside service to be altered without the approval of the water authority, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

22. Every person who alters or causes or permits to be altered any inside service with intent to avoid the accurate measurement of water by means of any meter, or who wilfully or negligently interferes with or injures any meter, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and any inside service so altered or meter so injured or interfered with shall be replaced or repaired by the water authority and the cost of such replace- ment or repair may be recovered upon the order of a magistrate from the person convicted in the same manner as a fine.

23. Every unauthorized person who interferes with or ference with opens or shuts any valve or hydrant or stop cock belonging to the waterworks shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

valves, etc.

Water to be taken only

through

24. Every person who takes any water from the water- works except through a metered inside service or from a public standpipe without the permission of the water authority shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding public stand two hundred and fifty dollars.

metered inside

Bervices or

pipes.

Pollution.

Penalitics

not provided

25.-(a) Every person who deposits or allows to be deposited any earth, material or liquid in such manner or place that it may be washed, fall or be carried into the waterworks shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and if such earth, material or liquid is allowed to remain so deposited after notice in writing from the water authority requiring it to be removed has been given to such person he shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each day during which the offence continues.

(b) Every person who bathes, washes his person or enters in any part or any water of the waterworks, or washes, throws or causes to enter therein any creature, alive or dead, or any thing, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

26. Every breach of this Ordinance or regulations for for breaches which no penalty is by this Ordinance otherwise expressly provided shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

for.

Water authority may be represented by an

Authorized

officer.

Penalties

do not prejudice powers of water

authority.

27. In any complaint or proceedings under this Ordin- ance the water authority may be represented by an authorized officer.

28. No fine or punishment imposed under this Ordinance or regulations shall affect or prejudice the powers of the water authority under section 5 of this Ordinance.

Regulations.

29. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to Regulations make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions to be made

by Governor of this Ordinance in respect of all or any of the following in Concil.

matters :-

(1) the forms of all notices required to be given or sent under this Ordinance and the issuing and service thereof;

(2) the time and place for the payment of all inoneys due

or to become due under this Ordinance;

(3) deposits to be made by consumers ;

(4) fees and the payment thereof;

(5) the price of water;

(6) free allowances of water to approved hospitals, charitable institutions or other premises:

(7) the fixing of meters, the amount of meter rents and the ascertaining of the consumption at any premises;

(8) the notification of restriction or suspension of the water supply;

(9) the disconnexion of the water supply to a consumer; (10) the licensing of plumbers;

(11) the standards required for pipes and fittings to be used on inside and fire services:

(12) the construction. alteration and maintenance of inside and fire services including the keeping of such services clean;

(13) notification to consumers that any inside or fire service is defective;

(14) the prevention of waste of water:

(15) the taking of water from public standpipes, the regulation or restriction of the persons resorting or desiring to resort thereto, the apportionment or rationing or restriction of the supplies which may be taken therefrom and the giving of powers to police officers and others with a view to such regula- tion, apportionment. rationing and restriction:

(16) the use of water from the waterworks for flushing water closets, latrines and urinals:

(17) the use of water from the waterworks for air conditioning plants and swimming pools:

(18) the taking of fish in reservoirs:

(19) for prescribing any thing which is by this Ordinance

to be prescribed by regulations:

(20) all such matters not hereinbefore specifically men tioned as may conduce to the better and more effective carrying out of this Ordinance.

to be in

30. The regulations in the Schedule shall be deemed to Regulations have been made under this Ordinance and shall be in force in Schedule except so far as they may be altered, rescinded or amended force unless by regulations made under this Ordinance, or by any other altered. Ordinance

etc., by

Governor in Council.

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