Sale or subletting of right to use water of irrigation work

(1) No person entitled to use the water of any irrigation work shall sell or sublet or otherwise transfer his right to such use or use it for purposes other than irrigation. (2) Every right to the supply of water for agricultural purposes to any land or other immovable property shall be attached thereto and shall be presumed to have been so transferred whenever a transfer of such land or immovable property takes place.