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(1) This Act may be called the '[Tamil Nadu] Irri- Short titlev ga tion Tanks (Improvement) Act ; 1 949. extent and commence- (2) It extends to the whole of tEe 6[State of lamil ment. (3) It shall come into force at once. 1 T11ese words were substituted for the word Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended ion of Laws (Secoad Amendment) bluer, 2 For Statcmenl: of Objects and Reasons, see Fort. St. George Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 8th June 1949, Part IV-A,page 236. This Act was extended to the merged State of Pudukkottai by section 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Act )LXXY of 1949). This Act was extcnded to the Kanyakumari district and the* Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 28 of the Tamil N d u (Transferred Territory) Ryotwari Settkaent Act, 1964 (Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1964). a This expressior~ was substituted for the expression "Provincial, Government " by paragraph 3 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970. 4 This expression was substituted for the expression '' Province I of Madras " by paragraph 3 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Adaptation or b w s Order, 1970. a This expression was substituted fpr the expression #'State of Madras fi by the Tamil Nadu Adaptatron of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of J4ayrs (Second Amend- ment) Order, 1969. - - - - -- - --- "Ilr - 3% Iirtgatton' ~ a n h 5 t1941) : $. 'k. xi& I (Improvement) ionse - 2. In this Act, unless there i s anything repugnant in the ' . subject or context :- (b) '' dovmnme~t " mea ns the l[Sta teJ Government ; (b) " ownel " in relation to any land or property, includes any pmon having an interest in such land or property ; .\ (c) " prescribad ". means prescribed by rules b d e und.& this Act ; (d) "tank" merns an irrigation tank in the SIState of Tamil Nadu]. 1 . +Power to