Section 94Further offences Penalty

s. 94

94. Further offences Penalty Whenever, without the authority of the canal-officer,- (1) pierces or cuts through, or attempts to pierce or cut through, or otherwise to damage, destroy or endanger the stability of, any flood-embankment; (2) opens, shuts or obstructs, or attempts to open, shut or obstruct, any sluice in any such embankment; (3) makes any dam or other obstruction for the purpose of diverting or opposing the current of a river on the banks whereof are flood-embankments, or refuses or neglects to remove any such dam or obstruction when so required by the canal-officer, shall, in case the offence shall not amount to mischief within the meaning of the [Penal Code], and on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred taka, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

1. 10. The words "Penal Code" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan Penal Code" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)