Section 47. Prohibition of certain other acts

(1) No person shall- (a) wilfully obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Corporation in setting out of the lines of any work or pull up or remove any pillar post of stay fixed in the ground for the purpose of setting out the lines of such work, or deface or destroy any work made for the said purpose; or (b) wilfully or negligently break, injure, turn on, open, close, shut off or otherwise interfere with any lock, cock, valve, pipe, matter or other work or apparatus belonging to the Corporation; or (c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of or flush, draw off, or divert, or take water from any water works belonging to the Corporation any water course by which any such water is supplied; or (d) obstruct any officer or servant of the Corporation in the performance and discharge of his duties and functions under this chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with means necessary for the making of any entry, inspection, examination or enquiry thereunder in relation to any water works; or (e) bathe, in, at or upon any water work, or wash, throw or cause to enter therein any animal or throw any rubbish, dirt or filth into any water works, or wash or clean therein any cloth, wool or leather or the skin of any animal or cause water of any sink or drain or any steam engine or boiler or any other polluted water to turn or be brought into any water works, or do any other act whereby the water in any water works belonging to the Corporation is fouled or likely to be fouled. (2) Nothing in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply to a consumer closing the stopcock fixed on the service pipe supplying water to his premises so long as he has obtained the consent of any other consumer whose supply be affected thereby.