The Authority shall not be liable in any way for any loss or damage or sufferings caused to any person by the cutting of the supply of water due to drought or accidents or works relating to re-laying or repairing of any water works or unavoidable causes.]
(46) Prohibitions of certain acts.—(1) No person shall--
(a) willfully obstruct any person acting under the orders of the Authority in setting out the lines of any work or pull up or remove any pillar, post or stay fixed in the ground for the purpose of setting out the lines of such works, or deface or destroy any works made for the same purpose ; or
(b) willfully or negligently break, injure, turn on, open, close, shut off or otherwise, interfere with any lock, cock, valve, pipe, meter or other work or apparatus belonging to the Authority; or
(c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of or flush, draw off or divert or take water from, any water works belonging to the Authority or any water course by which any such water is supplied 2[with or without any mechanical or other device] ; or
(d) obstruct any office or other employee of the Authority in the discharge of his duties under this Chapter or refuse or willfully neglect to furnish him with the means necessary for the making of any entry, inspection, examination or inquiry thereunder in relation to any water works; or
(e) bathe in, at or upon any water works, or wash or throw or cause to enter therein any animal, or throw any rubbish, dirt or filth into any water works or wash or clean therein any cloth, wool or leather or the skin of any animal, or cause water of any sink, or drain or any steam engine or boiler or any polluted water to turn or be brought into any water works or do any other act whereby the water in any water works is fouled or likely to be fouled.
(2) Nothing in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply to a consumer closing the stop-cock fixed on the service pipe supplying water to his premises so long as he has obtained the consent of any other consumer whose supply will be affected thereby.