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Section 45: Prohibition of certain other acts.

The Maharashtra Jeevan Authority Act, 1976.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 48 of 1976

(1) No person shall-

(a) wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority 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 purposes of setting out the lines of such works, or deface or destroy any works made for the said purpose; or

(b) wilfully 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; or

(d) obstruct any officer or servant of [the Authority] in the performance and discharge of his duties and functions under this Chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with 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 other polluted water to turn or be brought into any water works, or do any other act whereby the water in any water works belonging to [the Authority] 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 be affected thereby.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Jeevan Authority Act, 1976.
Section45
Marginal noteProhibition of certain other acts.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Mah. 25 of 1997. These words were substituted for the word "the Board" by Mah. 25 of 1997, s. 5.
  • substituted, Mah. 25 of 1997. These words were substituted for the word "the Board" by Mah. 25 of 1997, s. 5.
  • substituted, Mah. 25 of 1997. These words were substituted for the word "the Board" by Mah. 25 of 1997, s. 5.
  • substituted, Mah. 25 of 1997. These words were substituted for the word "the Board" by Mah. 25 of 1997, s. 5.
  • substituted, Mah. 25 of 1997. These words were substituted for the word "the Board" by Mah. 25 of 1997, s. 5.

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