§ 50.03. Obtaining Service by Fraud.  


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  • Any person who, with intent to injure or defraud any other person, including the City and the Orlando Utilities Commission, shall make or cause to be made any connection with any wire, main, service pipe or other pipe, appliance or appurtenance used for, or in connection with an electric, gas or water plant, in such manner as to obtain electricity, gas or water for his own use, or the use of another, without such electricity, gas or water passing through a meter provided by the owner or manager of such plant, and used for measuring and registering the quantity so passing through, or shall make or cause to be made, without the consent of the owner or operator of any such plant, any connection with any such plant, in such manner as to take, use or waste, without the consent of such owner or operator, any electricity, gas or water, or who shall with intent to defraud or otherwise obtain the use of electricity, gas or water without the consent of the owner or operator of the plant generating or supplying it shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1.08 of this Code.

(Code 1948, § 74.04)