Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything repuguant in the subject or context-- I (1) 'drnin~ge work' includes-. - ((1) channels, cit11er natural or artificial, for the discharge of ~ ~ ~ a s t z or surplus \\.ate . and all works conncctcd \\?it11 or auxili:lt-y to such charnels, and (b) escape cllanrrels from an i~rigation \vork, dams, ufi.iss, einbankmrnts, sluices, ,goins and all works f c ~ the protecticn of bnds fsc>n:. flood or from erc~sion, \\*hic.l~ are owned P!. cont~.~>llcd by the "State] Govsrn~i~cnt . or \vhicll arc maintiii~~cd ~y them other- than b y :in assignmct~t of land or la ild reve~lur, or which, ha\ i~!g been constructed h) the 3ot1crnrr~ct~t or bcing n~aint;\iaed by an ;issiga~nc~~t oi' land 01- land T C ~ U I I L I C : ~n:iri,' by tl1~1u. I~:t\/c not L~CCI. made o\er to ;lily p<?S:+) 1'. (2) '~statc' shall IY.\VC tllc sank: nl,ani.ng :IS in thc JETarnil N;icl~~] Estates Land Act, 190s; r[Tarnil Naduj . . -. - ,. - . . - . -. . . -- . -. - - - . - -- - - -- - - -. - . . - . -. - .. - -. -- -- - -. -. - -- - Act 1 of 1 This eq>r.cs\iorl was substitt~tcd for tile suj~ression "State of 1908. ~1sdra.i'' by tho I'arnil Natlt~ .-\di:ptation of L:IV s y % e r , 1969, ;IS icmendcd by the 'Tatt~il N ; I ~ I I :\d;~ptation of 1.i1w.; ( ewnd Anmil. rilent) Ortlc~~, 1'169. 2 Canlcinto forceon the 16tt1 Miry 19-14. 3 This wur~i was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation O I ~ C I . of 1950. 4 4 Tlwse words wcre substituted for the word "Madras" by tho Tamil Nadu Atl~ptationofLaws Order, 1969, asurended by the'fa~nil Nadu Adaptiuion of Laws (Swond A~i~endment) Older, 1969. I (3) 'irrigation work' includes- i 1 (a) all canals, channels, tanks, wells and ' 1 I reservoirs used for the supply or storage of water and all qorks, embankments .and structures (other than escape channels) connected therewith, 0 I 1 which are owned or controlled by thi l[State] Governrnent, or which are maintained by them other- wise than by an assigllment of land or land revenue, or which, having been constructed by the Government or being maintained by an assignment of land or land revenue made by them, have not been made over to any person ; (b) all such lakes and other natural collections . of water or parts thereof as are not situate in an estate or estates or on lands held by registered holders ; (c) all lands used for the purposes of the irri- gation works referred to in sub-clauses (a)and(b) and all buildings, machinery, fences, gates and other erections occupied by, or belonging to, the l[State] Government on such lands ; and ((0 all such rivers and natural streams or parts thereof as are not situate in an estate or estates or 011 1;lnds held by registtred holders, and all rivers in so filr as they are navigable ; (4) 'registered holder' means any person in whose name land not included in an estate is for the time being registered in the revenue accounts of Government.