The NORTHERN INDIA CANAL AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1873

OF WATER-RATES

Section 34: Liability when water runs to waste.

If water supplied through a water-course be suffered to run to waste, and if, after enquiry by the Divisional Canal-officer, the person through whose act or neglect such water was suffered to run to waste cannot be discovered, all the persons chargeable in respect of the wat er supplied through such water-course shall be jointly liable for the charges made in respect of the water so wasted.