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( 1 ) When an order is made under section 3 for supply of water from any well, it shall be lawful for the requisitioning authority and any persons authorised by it in this behalf to fix any apparatus or machinery, on or near the well, for drawing or lifting or measuring water and, after giving reasonable notice to the owners or occupiers of the lands concerned of its intention so to do, to enter upon the lands and execute all the necessary works for laying water-pipes through, across or under such lands for carrying water from the well to the distribution centre or centres selected by the requisitioning authority and for repairing or replacing such apparatus, machinery or water-pipes, from time to time. ( 2 ) In executing any work under this section as little damage as can be shall be done, and- ( a ) the work shall be executed with the least practicable delay; (b) the ground or portion of any construction which may have been opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of executing the work shall be filled in, reinstated and made good by the requisitioning authority, with the least practicable delay; ( c ) any owner or occupier of any land, who claims and proves to the satisfaction of the requisitioning authority that he has sustained any substantial damage by the execution of the work, shall be paid such amount as the requisitioning authority may by order determine. ( 3 ) Any person who is aggrieved by the order made by the requisitioning authority under clause ( c ) of sub-section ( 2 ) may, within a period of thirty days form the date of receipt of the order by him, appeal to the Collector if the order is made by any requisitioning authority other than the Collector, and to the Commissioner if the order is made by the Collector and the provisions of section 9 shall mutatis mutandis apply to such appeal. ( 4 ) Whoever obstructs the lawful exercise of any powers conferred under this section on the requisitioning authority or the persons authorised by it, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.