section 10
General powers of Collector
The Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905General190576 sections5 chapters
Chapter III PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CANALS UNDER SCHEDULE I
Statutory text
- (1) Notwithstanding theexistence ofmyrightsinor Gmeralpow=r-rs over a canal or watei-course, the Collector may- u exerciseallpowersoEcontro1,managementanddirection for the efficient maintenance and working of such canal or for the due distribution ofthe water thereof, and @ whenever and so long as any watw-course, sluice or ootlet is not maintained in proper custom;rry repair, or any water- course, sluice or outlet through which water is supplied to any person, or, in the case of a sluice or outlet, to any water-course or arty person, is subjected to w ilhl damage or wrongful enlargement, stop the suppIy of water to such water-course, sluice or ~utiet or to any person. (2) NO claim shall be enforceable against thc '[Stale] Government or compensation in respect of loss caused by any order passed under subsection (I), but any person suffering loss by reason of any order passed under sub-sec.tion (1 )
- (a) may c.laim such remission of the ordinslly charges payable for the use of the water as is authorised-by the '[State] Government : Provided that if any right to water entered in a record- of-rights prepared or revised under section 28{1) or deemed under sect ion 28
- (3) to have been made under this Act or admitted in my agreement ktween the '[Stat ej Government and any person is substantially diminished in consequence of action taken under subsection (I )(a) ihe Collector shall award compensation under section 55 to such person in resped of the diminution of his right. (3) No right to the use of the water of a canal shall be, 1s ,f 1877. acquired under the '[Indian Limitation Act, 1877, not shall the 'r'(State) Government] be 1877. hund to supply any person with water.
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