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Offences and penalties.
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29.—(1) Every person who—
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(a) shall wilfully obstruct the Commissioners or any of their officers or servants in the exercise of any of the powers or the performance of any of the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioners by or under this Act, or
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(b) shall wilfully obstruct any person appointed under this Act by the Commissioners or any county council or county councils to make a report for the purpose of this Act in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this Act, or
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(c) shall pull down, remove, or injure any works in course of construction by the Commissioners under this Act, or
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(d) shall remove, injure, or deface any pegs, poles, or marks placed or made by the Commissioners or any of their officers or servants for the purpose or in the course of the exercise of any of the powers or the performance of any of the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioners by or under this Act, or
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(e) shall throw or put any weeds, stones, soil, or other solid matter or shall cause or permit any such solid matter to fall or pass into any watercourse in respect of which any works are about to be or are in course of being constructed by the Commissioners under this Act so as to cause any obstruction, hindrance, or delay to such works, or
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(f) shall place or erect any dam, weir, or other obstruction in any such watercourse as aforesaid without the consent of the Commissioners,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and be punishable accordingly.
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(2) Every person who after any drainage works constructed under this Act are completed—
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(a) shall wilfully obstruct the county council or county councils charged by virtue of this Act with the maintenance of such drainage works or any committee or joint committee of such council or councils or any officer or servant of any such council, councils, committee or joint committee in the exercise of any of their powers or the performance of any of their duties in relation to such drainage works, or
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(b) shall pull down, remove, or in anywise injure any such drainage works or any part thereof, or
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(c) shall obstruct the flow of water to, through, or from any such drainage works in such manner as to prevent or hinder the efficient operation thereof or to cause flooding of such works or any lands drained thereby,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be punishable accordingly.
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(3) Every person convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction of an offence under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and shall also in the case of a continuing offence be liable to a fine (in addition to any such fine as aforesaid) not exceeding five pounds for every day during which the offence continues.
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(4) For the purposes of this section drainage works shall be deemed to be in course of construction until the final award in respect thereof has been made under this Act and shall from and after the making of such award be deemed to be completed.
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