### Waterworks Ordinance 《水務設施條例》

25. Carrying out of work by Water Authority
(1) If a lessee fails to comply with a notice under section 24(1), or requests the Water Authority in writing to carry out the work specified in the notice, the Chief Executive may require the Water Authority to comply with the notice. (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The Water Authority, and any person authorized by him in writing, may enter any leased land to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) on giving the lessee 14 days’ notice of the intention to so enter.
(3) Where the Water Authority carries out any work under this section, the cost of the work shall be borne by the Water Authority.

### Waterworks Ordinance 《水務設施條例》

26. Compensation
(1) A lessee who suffers damage or loss as a result of compliance with a notice under section 24(1), whether the work is carried out by the lessee or the Water Authority, and who claims compensation in respect thereof, shall deliver to the Water Authority particulars in writing of such damage or loss and of his claim for compensation, and the Chief Executive may, if he thinks fit, negotiate with the lessee for the settlement or compromise of the claim. (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3) 
(2) If the Chief Executive and the lessee do not agree on the settlement or compromise of the claim within 3 months of the delivery of particulars, the lessee may notify the Water Authority that he desires a reference to a tribunal; and the Chief Executive shall thereupon refer the claim with the particulars thereof to a tribunal, consisting of a District Judge nominated by the Chief Justice for the purpose. (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) The tribunal shall hear any evidence which the Water Authority or the lessee may wish to tender and, if so desired, hear counsel on behalf of the Government and the lessee, and shall determine the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to the lessee.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the tribunal shall have powers similar to those vested in the Court of First Instance for hearing evidence, determining claims for damages and awarding costs. (Amended 92 of 1975 s. 59; 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(5) The practice and procedure in connexion with any proceedings before a tribunal under this section shall be such as the tribunal may determine.
(6)  Any award or decision of a tribunal under this section shall be final:
Provided that any party dissatisfied with the decision as being erroneous in point of law, may, within 1 month after the decision, require the tribunal to state and sign a case for the decision of the Court of Appeal. (Amended 92 of 1975 s. 59) 

27. Compensation to be paid from funds provided by the Legislative Council
Compensation awarded under section 26 shall be paid from such money as may be provided from time to time by the Legislative Council.

28. Waste or misuse of a supply
Any person who wastes or misuses, or causes or permits to be wasted or misused, a supply shall be guilty of an offence. 

### Waterworks Ordinance 《水務設施條例》

29. Unlawful taking of water
(1) Except with the permission of the Water Authority, no person shall—
(a) take water from the waterworks other than through a fire service, inside service or public standpipe; 
(b) take water through a fire service for any purpose other than for fire fighting; 
(c) take water through an inside service for any purpose other than that for which the water is supplied; 
(d) subject to section 18, take through a fire service or inside service water which is not measured by a meter; or 
(e) divert water from the waterworks. 
(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to pay a charge for the water so taken or diverted as if there had been a supply of that water to him as a consumer. (Amended 81 of 1992 s. 6)

30. Pollution
(1) Any person who deposits, or causes or permits to be deposited, any solid or liquid matter in such a manner or place that it may fall or be washed or carried into water forming part of the waterworks shall be guilty of an offence. 
(2) Any person who—
(a) enters, or bathes or washes in, water forming part of the waterworks; 
(b) washes or causes or permits any animal to enter therein; or 
(c) throws or places any thing therein, 
shall be guilty of an offence. 
(3) No act shall be an offence under this section if it is done with the permission in writing of the Water Authority. 
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Amended 27 of 1983 s. 2; L.N. 266 of 2006)

31. Damage, etc., to waterworks
Any person who, without the permission in writing of the Water Authority, alters, interferes with, damages or destroys any part of the waterworks shall be guilty of an offence. 

32. Obstruction
Any person who obstructs the Water Authority, or any person authorized by him in writing, exercising any power, performing any duty, or carrying out any function, under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months. 
(Amended L.N. 266 of 2006)

### Waterworks Ordinance 《水務設施條例》

33. Cost of repairing damage and recovery of damages or loss
(1) The Water Authority may carry out repairs or other works to any fire service, inside service or any part of the waterworks which is altered, interfered with, damaged, or destroyed as a result of the commission of an offence, and the cost of such repairs or other works may, upon an order of a magistrate, be recovered from the person convicted of the offence in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227). 
(2) If the Water Authority suffers any damage or loss as a result of the commission of any offence referred to in subsection (1), such damage or loss may, upon an order of a magistrate, be recovered from the person convicted of the offence in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227). 

34. Presumptions and evidence in writing
(1) In any civil or criminal proceedings it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that—
(a)  in the case of any alteration or repairs to a fire service or inside service (other than a communal service), the consumer has caused or permitted the alteration or repairs; 
(b)  in the case of any alteration or repairs to a communal service, the agent has caused or permitted the alteration or repairs. 
(2)  In any civil or criminal proceedings a document, purporting to be signed by the Water Authority, or other person authorized by him, stating—
(a) the name of a consumer of a fire service or inside service, or the name of an agent of a communal service; 
(b) the location of the fire service, inside service or communal service; 
(c) in the case of proceedings for the recovery of an unpaid charge,—
(i) the name of the person liable to pay the charge; 
(ii) the amount of the charge; 
(iii) the nature and other particulars of the charge; and 
(iv) that the charge remains unpaid; 
(d) in the case of proceedings in respect of alterations or repairs to a fire service, inside service or communal service, the nature and other particulars of the alterations or repairs, 
shall be admitted in evidence without further proof. 
(3) When a document is admitted in evidence under subsection (2)—
(a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the document is so signed; 
(b) the document shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.