C-44 - Gas, Water and Electricity Companies Act

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88. Any person who,—
(1)  bathes, or washes, or cleans any cloth, wool, leather, skin, animal, or any nauseous or offensive thing in, or casts, throws, or puts any filth, dirt or any noxious thing into, or causes, permits or suffers the water of any sink, sewer or drain to run or be conveyed into, or otherwise injures the water within any reservoir, cistern, pond, spring or fountain from which the water belonging to the company is to be supplied or conveyed; or
(2)  takes a greater quantity of gas or water than is contracted for with the company, by increasing the number or size of the holes in the gas burners, or by using the gas without burners, or otherwise wrongfully, negligently or wastefully burning the same, or by wrongfully or improperly wasting the water or gas,—
is liable to a fine of not more than $20.
R. S. 1964, c. 285, s. 88; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1990, c. 4, s. 317.
88. Any person who,—
(1)  Bathes, or washes, or cleans any cloth, wool, leather, skin, animal, or any nauseous or offensive thing in, or casts, throws, or puts any filth, dirt or any noxious thing into, or causes, permits or suffers the water of any sink, sewer or drain to run or be conveyed into, or otherwise injures the water within any reservoir, cistern, pond, spring or fountain from which the water belonging to the company is to be supplied or conveyed; or
(2)  Takes a greater quantity of gas or water than is contracted for with the company, by increasing the number or size of the holes in the gas burners, or by using the gas without burners, or otherwise wrongfully, negligently or wastefully burning the same, or by wrongfully or improperly wasting the water or gas,—
Shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace or any other person authorized to act in that capacity in the locality wherein the offence has been committed, pay for the use of the company a penalty of not more than $20, together with costs of prosecution, or be confined in the house of detention of the district for not more than three months, as such justice may think fit.
R. S. 1964, c. 285, s. 88; 1969, c. 21, s. 35.