Power to remove persons causing obstructions or damage to irrigation work

76. Power to remove persons causing obstructions or damage to irrigation work.- Any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Engineer who is in charge of any irrigation work may,- (a) remove from the lands or buildings comprised therein; or (b) take into custody without a warrant, and without unnecessary delay, make over to a police officer, or in the absence of a police officer, take or cause to be taken in custody to the nearest police station: any person who, in his view- (i) wilfully damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any irrigation work; or (ii) without proper authority interferes with the supply of flow of water, from or in any irrigation work.