Section 89: Defiling water in public wells, etc

No person shall defile or cause to be defiled the water in any public well, tank, reservoir, pond, pool, aqueduct or part of a river, stream, nullah or other source or means of water supply, so as to render the same less fit for any purpose for which it is set apart by the order of the competent authority.

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