Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1) The State Authority or any person authorised by it in writing in this behalf, shall have power - (a) to enter on any property (private or Government owned) with the right to investigate and make an~· measurements concerning the land or the water located on the surface or ~he underground; (b) to inspect the well which has been or is being sunk and the soils and other materials excavated therefrom; (c) to take specimens of such soils or other materials or of water extracted from such wells; (d) to require by order in writing the persons sinking a well to keep and preserve in the prescribed manner specimens of soils or any materials excavated therefrom for such period not exceeding three months from the date of completion or abandonment of the work as may be specified by the Authority and thereupon such person shall comply with such requisition; (e) to inspect and to take copies of the relevant records or documents and ask any question necessary for obtaining any infom1ation (including diameter or depth of the well which is being or has been sunk; tbC level at which the water is or was struck and subsequently restored/rested; the types of strata encountered in the sinking of the well and the quality of the water struck etc.) required for carrying out the purposes of this Act; (f) to direct the user of ground water to install water measuring device on any ground water abstraction structures: Provided that where the user of grow1d water does not comply with the requisition issued to him/her·within a period of 30 (thirty) days, the State Authority itself may install such water-measuring device and recover the cost from the defaulting user of ground water ; (g) to seize any equipment/device utilized for illegal sinking and destroy the work executed fully or partly; (h) to direct any user of ground water, who does not comply with the provisions of this Act and rules framed thereunder, to close do"rn any water supply or destroy any hydraulic work found to be illegal according to the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder: Provided that where the user of ground water does not comply with the requisition issued to him withiit a period of 60 (sixty) days the State Authority itself may carry out the necessary work and recover the cost fyom the illegal user of ground water; THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 19, 2012 2015 Service of orders etc. BBi' to claim compensation.