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Article 31. It in prohibited, under the penalties prescribed by the native penal 

 code, for anyone to require or collet-t any payment whatsoever for the privileges 

 which authorized Iwats have of loading and unloading their cargoes on the banks of 

 the Nile, of a canal, <^r of a public drain. 



OFFENSES. 



Article 32. Offenses will be punished by imprisonment from fifteen days to two 

 months and a fine at least equal in amount to the damages caused, to be judged by 

 tlie minister of public works, but the fine can not in any case exceed twice this 

 amount. 



First. Those who, without special authorization — 



A. May have obstructed a water course by a dike, rocks, or any other ol)stacle. 



B. May have opened or closed the gates of locks or interfered with any of the 

 machinery which serves to protect the bridges or head gates. 



C. ]\Iay have broken a dike that was constructed across a canal, with tlie object of 

 closing or reducing the discharge. 



D. May have estal)lished on the banks of the Nile, of a canal, or of a public drain 

 any structure whatever, hydraulic wheel, sakiyeh, pump, etc. (all structures or 

 machines established under these comlitions will be immediately removed). 



Shadufs, natalis, and Archimedean screws may lie established without securing 

 permits, provided that the banks are not cut or in any way damaged. 



E. May have cut the banks of the Nile or of an irrigation canal or drain, or con- 

 structed a gate for the passage of water. 



F. May have removed the earth forming the banks. 



G. May have changed in any way a lock or a gate constructed of masonry, whether 

 the lock or gate be public or i.rivate property, constructed upon a bank of the Nile 

 or of a public canal. 



H. May have removed earth, stone, wood, or any other material from the banks 

 of the Nile or of a canal or from an>- work of jirotection, or who may have committed 

 acts which might injure works of art. 



The sheiks of the villages who may have taken charge of these works of art will 

 • be held legally responsilile by the government for the said acts, unless they have 

 informed the government that Jhey will no longer act in this capacity, so that 

 guardians might be appointed by the government. 



Second. Those who may have interred a l>ody in the banks. 



Third. Those who may have taken water from a canal, whether by opening the 

 gate of a canal or ditch or by making an opening in the bank or l)y raising the level 

 of the water during the time the inspector of irrigation or other duly appointed 

 authority shall have given notice that water should not be used. 



Article 33. The following offenders will be punished by a fine of from 25 to 200 

 P. T. ($1.23 to $9.86) and imprisonment from five to thirty days: 



First. Those who, without written authority from the inspector of irrigation, may 

 have diverted water from a drainage canal to a public canal. 



Second. Those who, without special authorization, may have constructed over a 

 canal any l>ridge, either permanent or temporary, or who may have established a 

 pipe or a siphon. 



Article 34. The following offenders will l)e punisheil by a fine of from 10 to 50 

 P. T. ($0.49 to $2.47) and imprisonment from one to fifteen days: 



First. Those who may have deposited upon the banks (jr berms of a canal the 

 material obtained from excavating or cleaning a ditch, a c( induit to a sakiyeh, or a steam 

 pump. 



Second. Those who may have damaged the banks of canals or public drains by 

 running water over them from the fields or by discharging into the channel of a 

 public drain sand or mud carried by water. 



