Laws of Malaysia: Act 574

Penal Code Section 430

Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water

430. Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which causes, or which he knows to be likely to cause, a diminution of the supply of water for agricultural purposes, or for food or drink for human beings or for animals which are property, or for cleanliness, or for carrying on any manufacture, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term ***of not less than five years and not more than thirty years or with fine or with both.

*** NOTE—Previously “which may extend to five years”–see section 28 of Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2014 [Act 1471].

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