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(1) Any Canal Officer, or the person acting under the general or special order of Canal Officer, may enter upon any lands adjacent to any canal, or through which any canal is proposed to be made, and undertake surveys or levels thereon; and dig and bore into the sub-soils; and make and set up suitable landmarks, level-marks and water gauges; and do all other acts necessary for the proper prosecution of any enquiry relating to any existing or projected canal enquiry cannot be completed, such officer or other person may cut down and clear away any part of any standing crop, fence or jungle; and may also enter upon any land, building or watercourse on account of which any water-rate is chargeable, for the purpose of inspecting and regulating the use of water- supply, or of measuring the lands irrigated thereby or chargeable with water-rate, and doing all things necessary for the proper regulation and management of such canal: Abatement of rent on interru- ption of water supply Payment of compensation. Power to enter and regulate water-supply. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------