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| (1) Any person who, unlawfully and maliciously, does any act which causes or is likely to cause a failure of any water or sewerage service supplied by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence |
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| (2) Any person who aids or abets any other person in the commission of an offence under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| (3) Every person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or subsection (2), shall upon conviction after trial before a Magistrate be liable to rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years. |
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| (4) Every offence under subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall, notwithstanding anything in the Administration of Justice Law, No. 44 of 1973, be an offence in respect of which a person may be arrested without a warrant within the meaning and for the purposes of that Law. |
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