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MINOR CANALS ACT, 1905

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PREAMBLE

 
0 PREAMBLE
 

CHAPTER I

 
 

PRELIMINARY

 
1 Short title and local extent
2 Operation of Act
3 Definitions
 

CHAPTER II

 
 

CONSTRUCTION OF CANALS AND WATER-DUES

 
4 Prohibition against construction of canals without permission
5 Application for permission and procedure thereon
6 Power of Collector to construct canal from notified source of supply
7 Power to prohibit the unauthorised construction of and to close unauthorised canal
8 Water-dues
 

CHAPTER III

 
 

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CANALS UNDER SCHEDULE I

 
9 This Chapter applicable only to canals under Schedule I
10 General powers of Collector
11 Power of Provincial Government to suspend or extinguish rights in or over any scheduled canal on payment of compensation
12 Power to enter and survey, etc. Power to clear land. Power to inspect and regulate water supply
13 Power to enter for repairs and to prevent accidents
14 Power to occupy land adjacent to canal for depositing soil from canal and to excavate earth for repairs to the banks and compensation for damage
15 Supply of water through intervening water-course
16 Application for construction of new water-course
17 Procedure of Collector thereupon
18 Application for transfer of existing water-course
19 Inquiry into, and determination of, objections to construction or transfer of water-course
20 Expenses to be paid by applicant for construction or transfer of water-course before receiving occupation
21 Conditions binding on applicant placed in occupation
22 Construction of outlets from canals by Collector
23 Power to convert several water-courses running for a long distance side by side into one water-course
24 Procedure applicable to occupation for extensions and alterations
25 Costs of executing works under section 22 or section 23, by whom payable
26 Power of Provincial Government to direct supply of labour by irrigators
27 Powers of Collector upon issue of notification under section 26
28 Power to prepare record for canal
29 Levy of water rates
30 Liability when person using unauthorisedly cannot be identified
31 Liability when water runs to waste
32 Charges recoverable in addition to penalties
 

CHAPTER IV

 
 

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CANALS INCLUDED UNDER SCHEDULE II

 
33 This chapter applicable only to canals under Schedule II
34 Power of the Collector in certain cases, to declare or appoint a manager of a canal
35 Power of Provincial Government to apply the provisions of section 28 to any canal
36 Power to assume control or management, or both, of a canal
37 Right of owner, upon such assumption, to demand that the canal shall be acquired by the Government
38 Power to acquire canal on demand of the owner
39 Power to fix the limits of irrigation and water-rates and to regulate the distribution of water
40 Collection in certain cases, of water-rates of a canal by the Provincial Government
 

CHAPTER V

 
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