State Act

The Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1991

53. No person shall— (a) willfully obstruct any person acting under the authority of the Board under this Chapter in setting out the line of any works or pull up or remove any pillar, post or stay fixed in the ground for the purposes of setting out lines of such work or defence or destroy any works made for the said purposes; or (b) wilfully or negligently break, injure, turn on, open, close, shut off or otherwise interfere with any lock, valve, pipe or other works or apparatus belonging to the Board and pertaining to its duties and functions under this Chapter ; or (c) unlawfully obstruct the flow of, or flush, draw off or divert or take sewage from any works belonging to the Board; or (d) obstruct any officer or servant of the Board in discharge of his duties under this Chapter or refuse or wilfully neglect to furnish him with the means necessary for the making of any entry, inspection, examination thereunder in relation to any sewage work.