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Penalty for using water for certain purposes.- Whoever,- (a) bathes on, or defiles, the water in any place set apart for drinking purposes by the Grama Panchayat or, in the case of private property, by the owner thereof, or (b) deposits any offensive or deleterious matter in the dry bed of any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes, or (c) washes clothing in any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking or bathing , or (d) washes any animal or any cooking utensils or wood, skins, or other foul or offensive substance, or deposits, any offensive or deleterious matter in any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes or for bathing or for washing clothes, or (e) allows the water from a sink, sewer, drain, engine or boiler or any other offensive matter belonging to him or flowing from any building or land belonging to or occupied by him to pass into any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes or for bathing or for washing clothes, or (f) uses water from any source in contravention of the provisions of section 85, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and if the offence be a continuing one, with further fine which may extend to ten rupees for every day during which the said offence is continued after the date of first conviction.