(l) Whoever, without proper authority, and voluntarily, does any of following acts, that is to say:-
(a) corrupts or fouls the water of any water supply scheme so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily used;
(b) destroys, damages, alters, obstructs or injures, any dam, well, embankment, sluice, reservoir, pipe, tap, structure or other works constructed, maintained or controlled by the State Government, or by a beneficiary for purification, storage or supply of water under a water-supply scheme;
(c) violates any rule made under this Act, for breach whereof, a penalty may be incurred, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate of such class as the State Government directs in this behalf in the prescribed manner, to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment not exceeding one month, or to both.
(2) Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law for any offence punishable under this Act, provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
(3) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the State Government or the beneficiary, as the case may be, from recovering damages from the person who commits any of the acts mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section.