Entry for inquiry.

Whenever it shall be necessary to make any inquiry or examination in connection with a proposed canal or with the maintenance of an existing canal, the Canal-Officer and any person acting under the general or special order of any such Canal-Officer, may—

(a) enter upon such land as he may think necessary for the purpose;

(b) exercise all powers and do all things in respect of such land as he might exercise and do, if the Government had issued a notification under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 to the effect that the land in that locality is likely to be needed for a public purpose; and

(c) set up and maintain water-gauges and do all other things necessary for the prosecution of such inquiry and examination.