Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
If the canal-officer is satisfied either on a reference made to him in this behalf or otherwise that- (a) any licence granted under section 51 has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation as to an essential fact~ or (b) the holder of a licence has, without reasonable cause, failed to comply with the ternl"s and conditions subject to which the licence has been granted, or bas contravened any of the provisions of this Chapter or the rules made under section 57, then, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder of the licence may be liable under this Chapter, the canal-oft`icer may after giving the holder of the licence an opportunity of showing cause, by order, cancel the licence. - Regulation of existing tube wells, etc. Cancellation of licence. PART IV] A!>Peal.