Section 70. Offences under Act

PART X OF OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 70. Offences under Act.— Whoever, without proper authority and voluntarily, does any of the acts following, that is to say:— (1) damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any canal or drainage-work; (2) interferes with, increases or diminishes the supply of water in, or the flow of water from, through, over or under, any canal or drainage-work; (3) interferes with or alters the flow of water in any river or stream, so as to endanger, damage or render less useful any canal or drainage-work; (4) being responsible for the maintenance of a water-course, or using a water-course, neglects to take proper precautions for the prevention of waste of the water thereof, or interferes with the authorised distribution of the water therefrom, or uses such water in an unauthorised manner; (5) corrupts or fouls the water of any canal so as to render it less fit for the purposes for which it is ordinarily used; (6) causes any vessel to enter or navigate any canal contrary to the rules for the time being prescribed by the State Government for entering or navigating such canal; (7) while navigating on any canal, neglects to take proper precautions for the safety of the canal and of vessels thereon;