The Oriental Gas Company Act No. 1857
15. Penalty for
causing water to be corrupted.
Daily penalty
during the continuance of the offence.--If the said Company shall at
any time cause or suffer to be brought, or to flow into any
stream, reservoir, aqueduct, pond, or place for water, or
into any drain communicating therewith, any washing or
other substance produced in making or supplying Gas, or shall
willfully do any act connected with the making or supplying of Gas,
whereby the water in any such stream, reservoir, aqueduct, pond, on
place for water, shall be fouled, the said Company shall forfeit for
every such offence a sum not exceeding one thousand rupees; and they
shall forfeit an additional sum not exceeding five
hundred rupees for each day during which such washing or other substance
shall be brought or shall flow, or the act by which such water shall be
found shall continue, after the expiration of twenty-four
hours from the time when notice of the offence shall have been served
on the said Company, by the person into whose water such washing or
other substance shall be brought or shall flow, or whose water shall
be fouled thereby; and such penalties shall be paid to such
last-mentioned person