Chapter IX PANCHAYAT MINOR CANAL

In this Chapter, unless context otherwise requires, “panchayat minor canal” means a minor canal constructed and maintained or controlled by—

1. (a) a taluka panchayat in the exercise of its functions in the sphere of agriculture and irrigation as described in Schedule II to the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993,
2. (b) a district panchayat in the exercise of its functions in the sphere of a minor irrigation project as described in Schedule III to the said Act.

The provisions of this Act shall apply to a panchayat minor canal as if in the Act,—

1. (1) for the words “minor canal” wherever they occur, the words “panchayat minor canal” had been substituted;
2. (2) in clause
3. (3) of section 2 for the words “such officer of the State Government”, the words “such officer of the Taluka Panchayat or, as the case may be, the District Panchayat” had been substituted;
4. (3) in Chapter III, for the words “the State Government” wherever they occur, the words “taluka panchayat in relation to the taluka panchayat minor canal or, as the case may be, the district panchayat in relation to the district panchayat minor canal” had been substituted.