13. Amendment to Act 7 of 1956.—

In the Travancore-Cochin Irrigation Act, 1956 (7 of 1956),—

(1) in section 2,—

(a) for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— "(1) "Collector" means the District Collector or Secretary of a Panchayat or a Municipality notified by the Government for this purpose;";

(2) after clause (10), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(l0a) "Municipality" means a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994)";

(3) after clause (11), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(11a) "Panchayat" means a panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) ;";

(2) after section 3, the following section shall be inserted, namely :

"3A. Exercise of the powers of Government by the Panchayat or the Municipality.—The powers conferred on the Government under this Act except the power under section 42 shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, be exercised by the panchayat or municipality as the case may be or such other authority or officer as it may authorise, in respect of irrigation works other than major projects."; (3) in sub-section (2) of section 4, the words "with the previous sanction of the State Government" shall be omitted; (4) in section 6, for the word "Collector" the words "Local authorities" shall be substituted.