85. Offence relating to dumping of waste matter into paddy lands and watercourses

No person shall dump any waste matter into any channel, canal, watercourse, irrigation reservation or paddy land.

Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

Where any person does any act in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1), the Farmers' Organisation within whose area of authority such channel, irrigation reservation, canal, watercourse or paddy land is situated may report the same to the Agrarian Tribunal within whose jurisdiction such channel, irrigation reservation or land or watercourse or paddy land is situated.

Such Agrarian Tribunal shall hold an inquiry into a report made to it under subsection (3) and if it is satisfied after inquiry that any person has acted in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1), such Tribunal shall issue a certificate to that effect.

A certificate issued under subsection (4) shall be prima facie evidence that the person specified in the certificate has committed the acts specified therein.