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Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [Received the assent of the Lieutenant-Governor on the 30th April, 1920, and of the Governor General on the 1st June, 1920, and was published under section 81 of the Government of India Act on the 3rd July, 1920.]3 WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the construction, improvement and maintenance by Government of irrigation works on a smaller scale than that contemplated by the provisions of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873; and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor General has been obtained under sub- section (2) of section 79 of the Government of India Act, 1915; It is hereby enacted as follows : -- PART I PRELIMINARY Short title and extent