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Discharging sewage, etc.— Whoever causes, or allows the water of any sink, sewer or cesspool or any other liquid or other matter which is or which is likely to become a nuisance, from any building or land under his control, to run, drain or be thrown or put upon any street or open space, or to soak through any external wall, or causes or allows any offensive matter from any sewer or privy to run, drain or be thrown into a surface drain in any street, without the permission in writing of the Chief Officer or 441 Substituted by the Amendment Act 27 of 2002. 442 Substituted by the Amendment Act 27 of 2002. 443 Substituted vide the Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 2 of 2026), as per section 3 of the Act the fines and penalties provided under various provisions in the enactments shall be increased by ten percent of the minimum amount of penalty, as the case may be, specified therefor, after the expiry of every three years from the date of commencement of the Act. 141 who fails to comply with any condition prescribed in such permission, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 444[Five thousand rupees]. [224. Discharging sewage, etc.— Whoever causes, or allows the water of any sink, sewer or cesspool, or any other liquid or matter which is or is likely to become a nuisance, from any building or land under his control, to run, drain or be thrown or put upon any street or open space, or to soak through any external wall, or causes or allows any offensive matter from any sewer or privy to run, drain or be thrown into a surface drain in any street, without the permission in writing of the Chief Officer, or who fails to comply with any condition prescribed in such permission, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.]