Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873
Bare Act · 1873
An Act to regulate irrigation, navigation and drainage in Northern India. Preamble.--.
- Act number
- 8 of 1873
- Enacted
- 11 February 1873
- Contents
- 75 sections · 11 chapters
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Contents
Part I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title
- Section 2 – [Repealed.]
- Section 3 – Interpretation clause
- Section 4 – Power to appoint officers
Part II — Oftheapplicationofwaterforpublicpurposes
- Section 5 – Notification to issue when water-supply is to be applied for public purposes
- Section 6 – Powers of Canal-officer (preview)
- Section 7 – Notice as to claims for compensation (preview)
- Section 8 – Damage for which compensation shall not be awarded (preview)
- Section 9 – Limitation of claims (preview)
- Section 10 – Enquiry into claims and amount of compensation (preview)
- Section 11 – Abatement of rent on interruption of water-supply (preview)
- Section 12 – Enhancement of rent on restoration of water-supply (preview)
- Section 13 – Compensation when due (preview)
Part III — Of The Construction And Maintenance Of Works
- Section 14 – Power to enter and survey, etc (preview)
- Section 15 – Power to enter for repairs and to prevent accidents (preview)
- Section 16 – Application by persons desiring to use canal-water (preview)
- Section 17 – Government to provide means of crossing canals (preview)
- Section 18 – Persons using water-course to construct works for passing water across roads, etc (preview)
- Section 19 – Adjustment of claims between persons jointly using water-course (preview)
- Section 20 – Supply of water through intervening wafer-course (preview)
- Section 21 – Application for construction of new water-course (preview)
- Section 22 – Procedure of Canal-officer thereupon (preview)
- Section 23 – Application for transfer of existing water-course (preview)
- Section 24 – Objections to construction or transfer applied for (preview)
- Section 25 – When applicant may be placed in occupation (preview)
- Section 26 – Procedure when objection is held valid (preview)
- Section 27 – Procedure when Canal-officer disagrees with Collector (preview)
- Section 28 – Expenses to be paid by applicant before receiving occupation (preview)
- Section 29 – Conditions binding on applicant placed in occupation (preview)
- Section 30 – Procedure applicable to occupation for extensions and alterations (preview)
Part IV
- Section 31 – In absence of written contract, water-supply to be subject to rules (preview)
- Section 32 – Conditions as to— power to stop water-supply; claims to compensation in case of failure or stoppage of supply; claims on account of interruption from other causes; duration of supply; sale or sub-letting of right to use canal-water; transfer, with land, of contracts for water; no right acquired by user (preview)
Part V — Of Water-Rates
- Section 33 – Liability when person using unauthorisedly cannot be identified (preview)
- Section 34 – Liability when water runs to waste (preview)
- Section 35 – Charges recoverable in addition to penalties (preview)
- Section 36 – Charge on occupier for water, how determined (preview)
- Section 37 – “Owner‟s rate” (preview)
- Section 38 – Amount of owner‟s rate (preview)
- Section 39 – Owner‟s rate, when not chargeable (preview)
- Section 40 – When occupier is -to pay both owner‟s rate and occupier‟s rate (preview)
- Section 41 – Power to make rules for apportioning owner‟s rate (preview)
- Section 42 – When owner is to pay „owner‟s rate (preview)
- Section 43 – Effect of introduction of canal-irrigation on landlord’s right to enhance (preview)
- Section 44 – Water-rate by whom payable, when charged on land held by several owners (preview)
- Section 45 – Certified dues recoverable as land-revenue (preview)
- Section 46 – Power to contract for collection of canal-dues (preview)
- Section 47 – Lambardars may be required to collect canal-dues (preview)
- Section 48 – Fines excluded from sections 45, 46, 47 (preview)
Part V — I
- Section 49 – Detainer of vessels violating rules (preview)
- Section 50 – Recovery of fines for offences in navigating canals (preview)
- Section 51 – Power to seize and detain vessel on failure to pay charges (preview)
- Section 52 – Power to seize cargo or goods, if charges due thereon are not paid (preview)
- Section 53 – Procedure for recovery of such charges after seizure (preview)
- Section 54 – Procedure in respect of vessels abandoned and goods unclaimed (preview)
Part VII — Of Drainage
- Section 55 – Power to prohibit obstructions or order their removal (preview)
- Section 56 – Power to remove obstructions after prohibition (preview)
- Section 57 – Preparation of schemes for works of improvement (preview)
- Section 58 – Powers of persons employed on such schemes (preview)
- Section 59 – Rate on lands benefited by works (preview)
- Section 60 – Recovery of rate (preview)
- Section 61 – Disposal of claims to compensation (preview)
- Section 62 – Limitation of such claims (preview)
Part VIII — Of Obtaining Labour For Canals And Drainage-Works
- Section 63 – Definition of “labourer” (preview)
- Section 64 – Power to prescribe number of labourers to be supplied by persons benefited by canal (preview)
- Section 65 – Procedure for obtaining labour for works urgently required (preview)
- Section 66 – Liability of labourers under requisition (preview)
Part IX — Of Jurisdiction
- Section 67 – Jurisdiction under this Act of Civil Courts (preview)
- Section 68 – Settlement of differences as to mutual rights and liabilities of persons interested in water-course (preview)
- Section 69 – Power to summon and examine witnesses (preview)
Part X — Of Offences And Penalties
- Section 70 – Offences under Act (preview)
- Section 71 – Saving of prosecution under other laws (preview)
- Section 72 – Compensation to person injured (preview)
- Section 73 – Power to arrest without warrant (preview)
- Section 74 – Definition of “canal” (preview)