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Prohibition of certain acts. - (1) No person shall - (b) wilfully obstruct any person acting, under the authority of the Corporation or the Commissioner, in setting out the lines of any works or pull up or re- move any pillar, post or stake fixed in the ground for the purpose of setting out lines of such work, or deface or destroy any works made for the same purpose; or Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 222 91 (b) wilfully or negligently break, injure, turn on, open, close, shut off or oth- erwise interfere with any lock, cock, value, pipe, meter or other work or ap- paratus belonging to the Corporation ; or (c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush draw off, or divert, or take water from any water-works belonging to the Corporation or any water course by which any such water work is supplied ; or (d) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw off, divert or take sewage from any sewage work belonging to the Corporation or break or damage any electrical transmission line maintained by the Corporation; or (e) obstruct any officer or other employee of the Corporation in the discharge of his duties under this Chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with the means necessary for the making of any entry, inspection, exami- nation or inquiry thereunder in relation to any water or sewage work ; or (f) bathe in, at or upon any water work or wash or throw or cause to enter therein any animal, or throw any rubbish, dirt, filth into any water- work or wash or clean therein any cloth, wool or leather or the skin of any ani- mal, or cause the water of any sink or drain or any steam-engine or boiler or any polluted water to turn or be brought into any water- work, or do any other act whereby the water in any water-work is fouled or likely to be fouled. (2) Nothing in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply to a consumer closing the stopcock fixed on the service pipe supplying water to his premises so long as he has obtained the consent of any other consumer whose supply will be affected thereby. CHAPTER XIII Streets Section 224