Power to fix the limits of irrigation and water-rates and to regulate the distribution of water

The '[State] Government may, after inquiry through the Collector, in respect of any canal, issue orders as to all or any of the following things, namely :-

1. (a) fixing the limits within which land may be irrigated from such canal;
2. (b) fixing, as it may deem equitable, the amount and character of the water-rates leviable by the owner, and the conditions on which such rates are to be paid, suspended, remitted or refunded ;
3. (c) regulating the supply and distribution of the water to and from such canal : Provided that if any land which has been continuously irrigated from the canal for three years previously is deprived of irrigation, or the income of the canal-owner from such canal is materially reduced by reason of any order passed under this section, the owners of such land or the canal-owner shall be paid by Government or by such persons as Government may determine such compensation as the Collector may consider reasonable : Provided further that if the canal-owner has in the opinion of the '[State]