The Oriental Gas Company Act

Power to break up streets, etc., under superintendence, and to open drains

Not to enter on private land without consent

Notice to be served on persons having control, etc., before breaking up streets or opening drains

Streets or drains not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons having control of the same. If persons having the control, etc., fail to superintend, Company may proceed with the work

Streets broken up to be reinstated without delay

Penalty for delay in reinstating streets

In case of delay, other parties may reinstate, and recover the expenses. Expense how to be ascertained and recovered

Power to enter buildings for ascertaining quantity of gas consumed

Recovery of rent due for gas

Power to take away pipes when supply of gas discontinued

Meters not liable to distress for rent, etc

Penalty for fraudulently using gas

Penalty for wilfully damaging pipes

Satisfaction for accidentally damaging pipes

Penalty for causing water to be corrupted. Daily penalty during the continuance of the offence

Daily penalty during escape of Gas after notice

Penalty if water be fouled by Gas

Power to examine Gas-pipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled

Expenses to abide result of examination

How expenses to be ascertained

Liability to indictments for nuisance

Copies of the original Deed of Association and of all rules, etc., to be kept for inspection at the office of the Company in Calcutta and in the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court at Fort William

Service of process

Recovery of penalties, etc

Levy by distress

No distress unlawful for want of form, etc

Interpretatio

All sections

Every person who shall wilfully remove, destroy, or
damage any pipe, pillar, post, plug, lamp, or other work of the said Company for supplying Gas, or who
shall wilfully extinguish any of the public lamps or lights, or waste or improperly use any of the Gas
supplied by the said Company, shall, for each such offence, forfeit to the said Company any sum not
exceeding fifty rupees, in addition to the amount of the damage done.

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# 13 Penalty for wilfully damaging pipes