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Notwithstanding anything contained in the $;r::eI. sflamil 'ITamil Nadu] Irrigation Cess Act, 1865, it shall be laa- on lands N a h l fu1 for the1 [State Government] to levy every fasli water- allowed to be cess on all lands the irrigation of which from the ~~~f&t:~~;'~ reservoir is allowed by or under the orders of the ' [State Government], whether such lands are actualTy irrigated wit11 water from the reservoir or not; and the [State Government] may by rule prescribe the conditions under which and the rates a t which such \v;~ter-cess shall be levied; Provided that the water-cess shall not b,: :;vied under this Act on any land urlless a permit has been -- ----- ---- -- 1 TJle words ''Pro\ incia1 Governmen 1" were substituted for the words *'Local Government" by the Adaptation O$cr of 1937 and , the word "State" \\,as uubstituted for c'Provincial by the Adapta- tio n Ordcr of 1950. * nlesc words wcre substituted for the words "by the Loaal co\ernment" by the Adaptation Order of 1937. 8 This word was substituted for the word "Crown" by the Ad.~pt~tion Ordcr of 1950. These words were substituted for the words '?E'ort St. George ao:ette" by the Ad:~ptotion Order of 1937. A Thcsc words wcre subsl~tutcd for the word "Mitdr'ls ' by the Tamil Nadu Adopt:~tion of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by tho Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second A~nendment) Order, *Canlc into force on the 23rd M'IY 1933. I I -- +'. 354 Bhavmi Reservoir P~33 ::T.N. ~ c t XVF lrriga f ion Cess iscued in respect thereof under section 3 and unless such permit is in folce: Provided further that the rate of water-cess charged under this Act '[shall not exceed twenty rupees $r acre in the case of cotton, fifteen rupees pel acre .in the case of paddy, seven rupees and eight annas per acre in the case of millets, and such rate as may, from time to time, be notified by the '[State Government] in the case of any other crop permitted under section 33. I b ,it$.