Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Water from an irrigation work may be supplied— (a) as provided in section 37 3 . (b) oh an application for irrigation or non—irrigatlon purposes as provided in section 38 ; or (c) under ,a scheme in accordance with the provisions bf section 43,, Barring insis- dtction of Civil Conn. Aeplimfim attheshegt'e'r, Power to regulate ii‘ftganon work. Apglica-tion tor supply of water; lo_ 37, «A 'DivisiOnal Canal Officer duly. empowered by the State Government bya notifieation in respect of any irrigatiOn work or class of irrigation works may, after such inquiry as he deems fit, regulateE in respect of any irrigation work fereach year or part thereof or for a specified term of years at a time, as circumstances may 'require —- ' ‘ - (i) th: time for'lettin; out w Lter for irrigation. (ii) the perZoI of surply 5 (iii) tfze quantity ofSJpplj ; and (iv) the areas to’te supplied a'; difl‘erent'times. Erplanan‘on .-—-A land shall be deemed to have been supplied with water notwithstanding that the Water is not utilised for irrigation pro- vided that sitchnon-utilisation is duesolely to the action or inaction on the part of the owners or 03cupiers interested i-ntsuch land; * '38. (1) Any person, desiringvto have supply of water from an irrigation work for irrigating land not included in any area to which supply of water is regulated ,under section 37, shall'make a written application to that effect to the Divisional CanalOFficer, subject to any general o‘r special order made by the State Government determining the extent of lands for which water cah be ‘made available from suCh irrigation work, such ofiicer may. if in histopinion such 'supply can be made without detriment to the supply of Water to lands included in any areas to which supply of water is regulated under section 37, order the supply of water and. for' such period not exceeding six years subject to such conditions as may be specified in such order. . 4 ' ' (2) If after a period of six shecessive years of supply of water .made to any land referred to in sub-section (l), the occupier of such land applies ' for the Supply of water being made permanent such application, with the Opinion of the DivisionalpCanal Officer, ishalt be forwarded to the Superintending Canal Ofiicer concerned who shall take steps to include the land in the area to which supply of water is regulate by section 3-7. ' - (3) The water‘rate leviable t‘or the use of water For temporary culti- vation under subsection“) shall. be the normal water rate. - (4) With the sanction ot‘and subject to Such conditions, payments and'i'e'strictions, as may be imp tsed by the State Government or such ofiicer as may be authorised by the State Government in this behalf, the divisional canal o‘ficer‘ may withgut detriment to the supply of water to lands included in any area to which supply of water is regulated unter section 37, giv: permiS'sion' For water to be taken from - an irr‘gntion work, For purPOSes other than those of agriculture. (5_ If any perSOn ruses water tram an irrigation work without obtaining the permission required under this section, he shall in. addition to any penalty he may insure under this act for such unauthorited use of water, be liable to pay water late at such rate as ma be determined by the prescribed officer. not being less than ten tl'nes and not exceeding thirty times the nnrmalrate he would otherwise have been required to pay, had he applied for and obtained the permission. i7