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Renumbered by Act, 21 of 1974 5 (9) Irrigation Work – "Irrigation work" included- (a) all reservoirs, tanks, anicuts, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, pipes, wells, tube-wells and artisan wells constructed, maintained or controlled wholly or mainly by the State Government or by any Panchayat Samiti, constituted under the Orissa Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad Act, 1959, (Orissa Act 7 of 1960 ) on behalf of such Government for the supply of storage of water; (b) all works, embankments, structures, supply and escape channels connected with such reservoirs, tanks, anicuts, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, pipes, wells, tube- wells and artisan wells and all roads constructed for the purpose of facilitating the construction or maintenance of such reservoirs,tanks, anicut, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, pipes, wells, tube-wells and artisan wells; (c) all water courses and drainage works as herein defined; (d) all lands occupied by the Government for the purpose of such reservoirs, tanks, anicuts, dams, weirs, canals, Barrages, channels, pipes, wells, tube-wells and artisan wells and all buildings, machinery, fences, gates and other structures, occupied by or belonging to the State Government upon such lands; (10) Lands under irrigable command – "lands under irrigable command" means such lands as are irrigated or capable of being irrigated by flow from an irrigation work being under its command and shall include also such cultivated lands which receive, in the opinion of the Irrigation Officer or the Collector, by percolation or otherwise from an irrigation work or by indirect flow, percolation or drainage from or through adjoining land, an advantage beneficial to and sufficient for the requirements of the crop; 1(10-a) "Minor irrigation work" means an irrigation work having culturable commanded area of not more than two thousand hectares; (11) Occupier – "Occupier" includes an occupier of land or property who cultivates or possess the same for the time being; (12) Outlet – "Outlet" includes an opening constructed by the State Government in an irrigation work through which water is delivered into a water course of directly on to any land; (13) Owner – "Owner" includes every person having interest in the ownership of land or property and all rights and obligations which attach to an owner under the provisions of this Act shall attach