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In this Act, unless there be something repy in the subject or context :— BNany (a) “Government” means the [Centr al Go ment]; Vern. (4) “Prescribed” means Prescribed by rules ip under this Act; ade (c) “State Tube-well”’ means a tube-we]] hither constructed, maintained OF Controlled Mo : OF w Ich may be hereafie: Constructed, Maintaineg controlled by the Government, and include all mechanical and electrical appliances, tole and structures appertaining to. it and necessa for the abstraction of water from it : 'y (d) “Tube-well” means any device for lifting wate, . from below the surface of the fround by mecha. nical means operated otherwise than by human or animal power (e) “Underground Water” means water under the Surface of earth regardless of the £eologic Structure in which it is Standing or moving, but it does not include water flowing in artificjal underground streams. ., 3 The Government may by notification in the Officia] Gazette, declare that any tract of land is a lract to which this Act will apply with effect from a day to be named in the notification, not being earlier than three months from the date thereof. Application of Act VIII of 1873