Section 10
SEC. 10. A new section to be known as Section 10-A thereof is hereby provided to read as follows: "SEC. 10-A. Punishable Acts. — Any person who shall maliciously destroy, injure or interfere with any canal, raceway, ditch, lock, pier, inlet, crib, bulkhead, dam, gate, service, reservoir, aqueduct, water mains, water distribution pipes, conduit pipes, weir, benchmark, monument, or other works, appliance, machinery, building, or property of the System, or who shall maliciously do any act which shall injuriously affect the quantity or quality of the water or sewage flow of the System, or the supply, conveyance, measurement, or regulation thereof, or who shall maliciously interfere with any person engaged in the discharge of duties connected therewith, or who shall maliciously prevent, obstruct, and interfere with the survey, works and the construction of access road and water main and distribution network and any related works of the System, shall be punished upon conviction, with a fine ranging from one thousand to five thousand pesos or imprisonment ranging from one to five years, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court, and any injured party shall have the right to recover all damages suffered and cost of suit in a separate civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, further, That any person who shall violate any rule or regulation of the System issued pursuant to the law or who shall connect to water and/or sewer lines without approval of the System, shall, upon conviction, be punished with a One of not more Hum one thousand pesos or imprisonment for not more than six months or both such fine and imprisonment upon the discretion of the court: Provided, finally, That the System .shall be authorized to summarily disconnect any illegal connection even pending the appropriate court action."