Irrigation Act Article 16

The following actions are prohibited in farmland water conservancy facilities areas:1. Obstructing water channels.2. Damaging ponds, water channels, or their affiliated structures.3. Opening, closing, moving, or damaging sluice gates or their affiliated structures.4. Discarding spent clay or waste.5. Removing or piling up soil or stone.6. Other actions that impede the safety or proper functioning of farmland water conservancy facilities.The unauthorized taking of irrigation water in farmland water conservancy facilities areas is prohibited. However, in cases where taking of irrigation water occurs in designated irrigation systems as mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Article 4 or where authorization has been applied for and received from the Competent Authority, this prohibition shall not apply.Regulations governing the applications as mentioned in the proviso in the preceding Paragraph, their application procedures, requisite document attachments conditions for authorization, withdrawal of authorization, and other relevant matters shall be stipulated by the Competent Authority.
中文原文 農田水利法第16條
農田水利設施範圍內,禁止為下列行為:
一、填塞圳路。
二、毀損埤池、圳路或附屬構造物。
三、啟閉、移動或毀壞水閘門或其附屬設施。
四、棄置廢土或廢棄物。
五、採取或堆置土石。
六、其他妨礙農田水利設施安全或功能之行為。
農田水利設施範圍內之灌溉用水,禁止擅自引取。
但依第四條第二項所定灌溉制度或經申請主管機關許可引取者,不在此限。
依前項但書規定申請之程序、應檢附文件、許可條件、廢止許可及其他相關事項之辦法,由主管機關定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.