Without prejudice to any penalty or fine which may be imposed or prosecution proceeding which may be initiated under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, whoever including any officer or the employee of the Board or the licensed plumber abets an offence punishable under this Act or enters into or acquiesces in any agreement to do, abstains from doing, permit’s, conceals or connives at any act or tiling whereby any theft of water is committed, he shall be punishable with the same punishment provided for the offence in this Act.]1
1. Inserted by Act 15 of 2010 w.e.f. 16.4.2010.
49 1[109.General penalty.- Whoever, in any case in which a penalty is not expressly provided by this Act, fails to comply with any notice, order or requisition issued under any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation or bye-law or otherwise contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation or bye-law, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both. In the case of a continuing failure or contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day during which such failure or contravention continues after conviction for the first such failure or contravention.]1
1. Substituted by Act 15 of 2010 w.e.f. 16.4.2010.
2[1[109A. Penalty of pro-rata charges for unauthorized connections.- Whoever un-authorisedly obtains water supply or sanitary connections or both by any means from the water supply pipelines of the Board or sanitary connections to the sewerage system of the Board in contravention of the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder shall, in addition to any other penalty and pro-rata charges payable, be liable to pay upto 50% of the pro-rata charges payable, as determined by the Board, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations for such connection]1]2
1. Inserted by Act 15 of 2010 w.e.f. 16.4.2010.
2. Substituted by Act 28 of 2013 w.e.f.11.03.2013.