Section 30: Bathing and washing in rivers
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
30. Bathing and washing in rivers
(1) Where the Permanent Secretary establishes any public bath or washing-house under section 29, he may prohibit any person from bathing or
washing himself, or any other person, or any linen or clothes, or any animal
in the river or stream or in any part of it that he may determine.
(2) Any person who, after such public notice of the prohibition as the
Permanent Secretary thinks proper has been given, contravenes the prohibition, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding 50 rupees.
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Rivers and Canals Act