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Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 17

Title: Penalty if Water Be Fouled by Gas

State: Central

Year: 1857

Whenever any water shall be fouled by the Gas of the said Company, they shall forfeit to the person whose water shall be so fouled for every such offence a sum not exceeding two hundred rupees, and a further sum, not exceeding one hundred rupees, for each day during which the offence shall continue, after the expiration of twenty-four hours from the service of notice of such offence.

Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 18

Title: Power to Examine Gas-pipes to Ascertain Cause of Water Being Fouled

State: Central

Year: 1857

For the purpose of ascertaining whether such water be fouled by the Gas of the said Company, the person to whom the water supposed to be fouled shall belong, may dig up the ground, and examine the pipes, conduits, and works of the said Company ; provided that such person, before proceeding so to dig and examine, shall give twenty-four hour's notice in writing to the said Company of the time at which such digging and examination is intended to take place, and shall give the like notice to the persons having the control or management of the road, pavement, or place, and they shall be subject to the like obligation or reinstating the said road and pavement and the same penalties for delay, or any nonfeasance or misfeasance therein, as are hereinbefore provided with respect to roads and pavements broken up by the said Company, for the purpose of laying their pipes.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 277

Title: Fouling Water of Public Spring or Reservoir

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 13

Title: Fouling of Government Moorings

State: Central

Year: 1908

(1) If any vessel hooks or gets foul of any of the buoys or moorings laid down by or by the authority of the 1 [Government] in any such port, the master of such vessel shall not, nor shall any other person, except in case of emergency, lift the buoy or mooring for the purpose of unhooking or getting clear from the same without the assistance of the conservator: and the conservator, immediately on receiving notice of such accident, shall assist and superintend the clearing of such vessel; and the master of such vessel shall, upon demand, pay such reasonable expenses as may be incurred in clearing the same. (2) Any master or other person offending against the provisions of this section shall, for every such offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. __________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "Local Government" by A.O., 1937 (1-4-1937).

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 44E

Title: Fouling of Government Moorings

State: Central

Year: 1917

(1) If any mechanically propelled vessel hooks or gets fouled in any of the buoys or moorings laid down by or by the authority of the State Government in any part of inland water, the master of such vessel shall not, nor shall any other person, except in the case of emergency, lift the buoy or mooring for the purpose of unhooking or getting clear from the same without the assistance of the competent officer. (2) The competent officer immediately on receiving information of such accident, shall assist and superintend clearing of such vessel and the master of the vessel shall, on demand, pay such reasonable expenses as may be incurred in clearing the same, (3) Any master or other person offending against the provisions of this section shall, for every such offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.]

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 87

Title: Abatement of Nuisance from Foul Water

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

When any pool, ditch, tank, pond, well, hole, or any waste or stagnant water, or any channel, or receptacle of foul water or other offensive or injurious matter, whether the same be within any private enclosure or otherwise shall appear to the Secretary to be likely to prove injurious to the health of the inhabitants or offensive to the neighborhood, the Secretary may by written notice require the owner of the same to cleanse, fill up, drain off or remove the same, or to take such measure as shall, in his opinion be necessary to abate or remove the nuisance.

Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 Section 234

Title: Fouling Water

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

Whoever, in disobedience of any order of the municipal council under section 233 or of any bye-law, bathes in any stream, pool, tank, reservoir, well, cistern, conduit and aqueduct belonging to the municipal council, or washes, or causes to be washed therein any animal or anything whatever, or throws, puts or casts or causes to enter therein any animal or anything, or causes or suffers to run, drain, or be brought there into anything that is, or may become, a nuisance or does anything whatsoever whereby any water therein shall be in any degree fouled or corrupted, and whoever, without permission of the municipal council, steeps in any tank, stream, or ditch within or on the boundary of the1[municipal area], any animal, vegetable or mineral matter likely to render the water of such tank, stream or ditch offensive or a nuisance, shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. _______________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.

The Madras Public Health Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1939

THE MADRAS PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1939 THE MADRAS PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1939 [Act No. 3 of 1939] PREAMBLE An Act to make provision for advancing the Public Health of the 1 [State] of Madras WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for advancing the Public Health of the Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 [State] of Madras. It is hereby enacted as follows:- Published in Fort. St. George Gazette dated 07-03-1939. Section 1 - Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Madras Public Health Act, 1939. (2) Substituted by Act 16/2000 pub. in K.G. Ex. No. 869 dated 12-05-2000 [It extends to the whole of the Malabar District and the Kasargod taluk of south Kanara district as defined in clause (b) of section 5 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)] Section 2 - Commencement Omitted by ibid [x x x x] Section 3 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Building" includes- (a) a house, out-house, stable, latrine, godown, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall not exceeding eight feet in height) and any other such structure, whether of masonry, bricks,.....

The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2014

.....sub-section (1) in respect of such ship as a copy of the records of the ship to be a true copy and such copy shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated therein. Information regarding contravention of the provisions of Convention 356X. (1) If, on receipt of a report from a surveyor or other person authorised to inspect a ship, the Director-General is satisfied that any provision of this Part has been contravened by such ship within the coastal waters, the Director-General or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, may (a) detain the ship until the causes of such contravention are removed to the satisfaction of the Director-General or the officer authorised by him; and (b) levy penalty on such ship as specified in section 436: Provided that where the Director-General deems it necessary, he may request the Indian Navy or the Coast Guard for preventing the ship from proceeding to sea and the Indian Navy or the Coast Guard, as the case may be, shall take action as requested by the Director-General. (2) On receipt of information from the Government of any country to which the Convention applies that a ship has contravened any provision of the Convention, the Central.....

Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 Chapter X

Title: Municipal Power and Offences

State: Central

Year: 1994

.....or as the case may be, the Council shall be deemed to be person bound to execute such order within the meaning of the Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850 (Act XVII of 1850). Section 121 - Nagar Panchayat or Council may require land holders to crime hedges, etc The Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may require the owner or occupier of any land within three days to trim or prune the hedges thereon bordering on any public road or drains, and to cut and trim any trees or bamboos thereon overhanging the public road, drain or tank, or any well used for drinking purpose or obstructing any public road or drain or causing or likely to cause damage to any public road or drain or any property of the Nagar Panchayat or of the Council or likely to cause damage to person using any public road or likely to foul the water of any well or tank. Section 122 - Penalty for disobeying requisition under section 116, 117, 118 or 119 Whoever, being the owner or occupier of any house on land within a municipality, fails to comply with a requisition issued by the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council under the provisions of section 116, 117, 113 or 119 shall he.....