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Tehri-Garhwal District Tehri-Garhwal (Application of laws) Order, 1949 .. .. 5- Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for (the United Provinces). 6- The words (of Agra and Oudh) omit by ibid. 7- Subs. by section 2(2) of U.P. Act IV of 1954. 174 [The United Provinces State Tube- wells Act, 1936] [Section 2-6] Definitions 2- In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context -- (1) "tube-well" means any tube-well from which water is lifted by means of a pump operated otherwise than by human or animal power ; (2) "State tube-well" means a tube-well constructed, maintained or controlled by the [State Government]1 and includes all mechanical and electrical appliances, tools and structures appertaining to it and necessary for the abstraction of water from it; (3) "Tube-well Officer" means an officer appointed under section 4 to exercise control or jurisdiction over one or more State Tube-wells; "Superintending Engineer" means a Tube-well Officer exercising general control over circle comprising one or more tube- well divisions ; "Divisional Officer" means Tube-well Officer exercising control over a division comprising one or more tube-well sub-divisions; "Sub-Divisional Officer" means a Tube-well Officer exercising control over a group of State tube-wells situated within an area designated a tube-well sub- division. 3- [***]2 Appointment of tube well officers 4- The [State Government]1 may from time to time appoint officers to exercise or perform within such local limits as it may direct all or any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on Tube-well Officers by the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, in its application to State Tube-wells as hereinafter provided. United Provinces Act 1 of 1920 not to apply to State tube-wells 5- The provisions of [the United Provinces Minor Irrigation Works, Act, 1920,3 shall not apply to State Tube-wells. Application of Act VIII of 1873 to State tube-well 6- In respect of any State Tube-well the provisions of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, except the provisions of section 1, clauses (4) and (7) of section 3, section 4, section 5 and Parts VI and VII of the said Act, shall be deemed to apply in like manner as if such State Tube-wells were a canal within the meaning of the said Act : Provided that in the application of the said Act every reference therein to a “Canal Officer” (except in section 27 of said Act) a "Superintending Canal Officer”, a “Divisional Canal Officer" or a "Sub-Divisional Canal Officer" shall be deemed to be a reference to a "Tube-well Officer" a "Superintending Engineer", a "Divisional Officer" or a "Sub-Divisional Officer" respectively: Provided further that for the purpose of such application the said Act shall be subject to the modification indicated in the Schedule.