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(1) Any abuse in the supply of water from an irrigation project by any person being a user of such water within the meaning of section 18, or any unauthorised use of such water by any person shall be an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both and for continuance of such offence, the offender shall be liable to an additional fine of twenty-five rupees per day so long as such offence is continued. (2) An offence punishable under sub-section (1) shall be cognizable. (3) Any police officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector of Police may arrest without warrant any person against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received of his having been concerned in any offence punishable under sub-section (1).