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Protection of rivers from pollution.
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25.—(1) No pit, tank, conduit, pipe-line or other receptacle containing or conveying or intended to contain or convey any deleterious or poisonous matter shall be constructed within thirty yards of the bank of any river, lake, or natural or artificial watercourse, unless such provision as the Minister shall have approved has been made for effectually preventing the passage therefrom of any deleterious or poisonous liquid or washings or drainage from any deleterious or poisonous matter into such river, lake or water-course.
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(2) Any existing pit, tank, conduit, pipe-line or other receptacle situated within thirty yards of the bank of any river, lake, or natural or artificial water-course and constructed or used for the above purpose shall, within six months after the commencement of this section, have such alterations made therein or such provisions added thereto as shall effectually, and to the satisfaction of the Minister, prevent the passage therefrom of any deleterious or poisonous liquid or washings or drainage from any deleterious or poisonous matter into such river, lake or watercourse.
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(3) Any person doing anything prohibited or any owner, occupier or user of any such pit, tank, conduit, pipe-line or other receptacle failing to do anything required to be done by either of the above sub-sections shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence under this section, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds in respect of every day during which such offence shall continue, and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence under this section affecting the same river, lake, or watercourse, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds in respect of every day during which such offence shall continue, and to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months.
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