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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "canal" means the Circular Canal or the New Cut Canal; (6) "Circular Canal" means the still-water locked canal commencing from its junction with the river Hooghly across the Chitpur Lock in the eastern water-line of the Hooghly and terminating at its junction with the New Cut Canal near Dhapa, together with the whole of the canal more or less 1,328 feet in length, commonly known as the `Orange Soorah', and includes all lands on the banks of the canal which have been acquired by the State Government for the purposes of the canal ; and 'Price—Indian, 12 nP. ; English, 3d. Definitions. Closing and filling up of canals and closing of canal side roads to traffic. 2 The West Bengal Closing of Canals Act, 1959. [West Ben. Act II of 1959.] (Sections 3-5.) (c) "New Cut Canal" means the line of navigation which takes off from the Circular Canal at Tiltadanga and terminates at its outfall into the Central Lake Channel near the Dhapa Lock, and includes all lands on the banks of the canal which have been acquired by the State Government for the purposes of the canal.