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Bare Act

The Tamil Nadu Rivers Conservancy Act, 1884

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This law empowers the state government to officially oversee the maintenance and cleaning of specific rivers throughout Tamil Nadu. The government can designate rivers for conservancy, authorize surveys to map their boundaries, and create detailed charts and records of the land surrounding the water. Before final approval is granted, these charts are displayed for public viewing so that local residents can raise objections and disputes. Once approved, the official river bed boundaries are established and marked, helping the state manage land rights and ensure proper usage of these water resources.

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  1. 1. Short title
  2. 2. Notification as to the conservancy of rivers as provided by this Act.
  3. 3. Power to direct survey of rivers.
  4. 4. Powers of surveying officers to enter upon and survey lands.
  5. 5. Duties of surveyor. Survey-register.
  6. 6. Power to appoint Conservators of Rivers, and to define jurisdictions.
  7. 7. Publication of charts declaring the limits of rivers and how may be published.
  8. 8. River-bed defined.
  9. 9. Charts of rivers where to be deposited for public inspection.
  10. 10. Power to alter limits of rivers.
  11. 11. Prohibition of new cultivation on land in bed of river
  12. 12. Power to prohibit cultivation
  13. 13. Constructions, plantations, etc., within river-bed without permission prohibited
  14. 14. Power of Conservator to direct removal of constructions, etc.
  15. 15. Particulars to be set forth in permits, and to be furnished to Collector
  16. 16. Compensation to owner or occupier of land within river-bed for constructions removed
  17. 17. Power to Conservators to do acts necessary to prevent erosion, etc., to property
  18. 18. Delegation of powers of Conservator of Rivers to his subordinates
  19. 19. Penalty for obstructing Conservation
  20. 20. Conservators of rivers to be deemed officers in charge of rivers under Central Act I of 1858
  21. 21. Power to Conservator to cause removal of obstruction, etc., in case of default. Recovery of expenses of such removal.
  22. 22. Power to make rules
  23. 24. Fines to be recovered in the manner provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure
  24. 25. Period of limitation for suits against Conservators, etc. No evidence of any cause of action except that stated in notice. Tender of amends. Payment into Court.
  25. 26. Indian Easements Act not affected

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