Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
ln the principal Act, in section 25,- (i) ior the marginal heading "Obligation of owner to give notice of waste of water' the marginal heading "Obligation oi owners, citizens, policeman and employees", shail be substitutedj (ii) ior sub-section (1), the iollowing shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) The owner or occupier of any premises to whjch water is made under the provision oi this Act and has within his knowledge that such water js being misused or wasted whether within or outside his own land or premise, shall fo(hwith glve notice in writing to competent authori'ty of such misuse or wastage.", (iii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:- "(2) The owner or occupjer of any premises to which water is made under the provision of this Act shal have primary obligation for watch and ward of the water meter and shall not tamper with the water meter and prevent any person from tampering and shall iorthwiih give notice in writing to competent authority oi such tampering by another person. - 1t , 1,. Amendment of Section 26 (3) lt shall be the duiy of a I citizens, policemen and employees of the Departmeni or any Local Authority to give immediate information to the Department or oflicers of the Departmeni authorlzed ln this behalf, of the commission oi, or ihe attempt to commit, any ofience against this Act or any rules or reguJation made thereunder and to assist all such oificers in the exercise of their lawlu aulhority."