XVII of 1989.

Extent Extent.--This Act shall extend to the whole of the Jammu and Kashmir State except the following tracts, namely :--

1. (a) canals and their off-shoots under the Irrigation Branch of the Public Works Department and areas under them ;
2. (b) any tract, town or part of a town in the State which may be exempted permanently or for some period under Government's order notified in the Jammu and Kashmir Government Gazette. Explanation.--For purposes of clause
3. (a) the escape water from a canal flowing down into a channel carrying water from a source other than a canal shall not be deemed to mean an off-shoot of such canal.