useful trees that do not use chemical substances)
3. The land owner is responsible in ensuring the water catchment area is
not damaged and in reporting any activities by outsiders or
community members that can affect the water catchment area to the
Water Catchment Committee.
Fines and Sogit to offenders:
1.
Every offence or violation of this Terian Village Water Catchment
Protocol will be referred to the Village Chief and the Water Catchment
Committee.
2. Offenders will appear before the Village Chief and charged with Sogit
in the form of 1 pig or chicken, according to customary law and based
on the offense committed according to discretion.
3. Offenders will also be fined, to be paid in cash in the amount agreed
upon, according to the offense. This money will be put into the Water
Catchment Committee's fund for conservation purposes.
4. If the water catchment area is cleared, individuals or agencies
responsible are obliged to replant the destroyed trees until the area is
restored to the condition it was before it was cleared.
5. Violation of the water catchment protocol three times by the same
individual will result in the individual appearing before the Native
Court.
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