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Offences and Penalties: Whoever without and l a d authority does any ofthe following acts namely:- (a) damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any irrigation system, @) Interferes withincreases, diminishes the water supply in or the flow ofwater from, through, over or under any inigation system. (c) Being responsible for the maintenance of the irrigation system neglects to take proper precautions for the prevention ofwastage of the water thereof or interences with the authorized distribution ofwater there kom or use water in an unauthorized manner or in such manner to cause damage to the adjacent land holdings, (d) Corrupts or fouls, water ofany irrigation system so as to render it less fit for the purposes for which it is ordinarily used, (e) obstructs or remove any level Marks or Water Gauge or any other mark or signed fixed by the Authority or aPublic Servant, and (f) Opens, shuts, obstructs or attempts to open, shut or obstruct any sluices or any other similar structures in any irrigation system, shall, on a complaint made by a farmem' organization, ifconvicted, bepunished with imprisonment which may extend to one year or with fines which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both.