State Act
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Section 129. Prohibition on charging higher water usage charges.
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR WATER RESOURCES (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2010
In forceJammu and Kashmir (State Act)
129. Prohibition on charging higher water usage charges. (1) No licensee who directly or indirectly trades in water or supplies water to users on commercial basis shall charge from any user, water usage charges on rates higher than the rates fixed by the Authority under section 128. (2) If a licensee charges a price for supply of water exceeding the water usage charges fixed by the Authority under section 128, the excess amount so charged by him alongwith 50 thereof as penalty shall be recovered by the prescribed authority from such licensee.