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Penalty on Persons creating Obstructions or Nuisances
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71. No Person shall cause or permit any Obstruction in or otherwise injuriously affect any Watercourse in respect of which any Works shall have been commenced or executed by any Drainage Board, or shall, without the Consent of the Drainage Board, cause any filthy or unwholesome Water, or Washings of Manufactories or Mines, or other foul or poisonous Liquid, to flow into any such Watercourse; and any Person offending against this Enactment shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and a further Penalty of Forty Shillings for every Day during which the Offence is continued, to be recovered in a summary Way before Two or more Justices at Petty Sessions; but this Section shall not apply to any Person having a legal Right to create such Obstruction or other Injury, or to cause such Water, Washing, or Liquid as aforesaid to flow into any existing Watercourse.
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