Section 87: Throwing of dirty waters in river
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
87. Throwing of dirty waters in river
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who throws, or causes to be
thrown, or sends or allows to flow into a river or into a canal, pipe or other
conduit discharging into a river or canal, any scums, residue, refuse, washings or other dirty waters or other liquid that may tend to pollute the water
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of such river or canal shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees.
(2) Where the manager of an estate has complied with section 88, water
discharged from a vacuum pan or triple-effet shall be deemed not to be a
liquid tending to pollute the water of a river or canal.
(3) In a prosecution against the manager of a sugar estate or against a
person having charge of a factory, it shall be sufficient to prove that scums,
or some other matter or liquid mentioned in subsection (1), are discharged or
issued from the sugar-house, mill or factory under the charge of the manager
or person, and flow into a river or canal, pipe or conduit.