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TypeBare Act JurisdictionJharkhand Government

The Bihar Irrigation Act

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/686413

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The Bihar Irrigation Act (2000) is Jharkhand state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Chapter1 - PRELIMINARY
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter2 - : RIGHTS
Section3 - Rights of the State Government in water
Section4 - Irrigation work to vest in Government
Section5 - Survey of lands used for obtaining earth for repairs
Chapter3 - : POWERS OF OFFICERS
Section6 - Entry for enquiry
Section7 - Power to inspect and regulate the water supply
Section8 - Notice to occupier of building
Section9 - Power to make repairs
Section10 - Power to make temporary roadway, water channel of dam
Section11 - Power to take earth from lands
Chapter4 - : IRRIGATION
Section12 - Notification when water to be supplied for public purposes
Chapter5 - : DRAINAGE AND PREVENTION OF WATER LOGGING
Section13 - Prohibition of obstructions
Section14 - Order to remove obstructions
Section15 - Removal of encroachment
Section16 - Notification for construction of drainage work
Section17 - Execution of drainage schemes
Chapter6 - : EMBANKMENT WORKS
Section18 - Execution of Embankment Work
Section19 - Form of notice
Section20 - Application for new sluices, embankments or drainage
Section21 - Operation of sluices
Chapter7 - : PRIVATE IRRIGATION WORKS
Section22 - Notice by collector for repair of existing irrigation work or construction
Section23 - Inquiry by Collector
Section24 - Power of Collector to order repair or construction
Section25 - Proceedings in emergencies
Section26 - Delegation by Collector of authority to repair or construct
Chapter8 - : NAVIGATION WORKS
Section27 - Navigable channels
Section28 - Authority for navigable channels
Section29 - Appointment of supervisor and their power
Section30 - Mode of exercising power
Chapter9 - : VILLAGE CHANNELS
Section31 - Register of village channels to be kept
Section32 - Acquisition of village channel by agreement
Section33 - Construction of new village channel
Section34 - Application for construction of new village channel
Section35 - Procedure for construction of village channel
Section36 - Acquisition of land
Section37 - Procedure after construction of village channel
Section38 - Canal Officer may direct transfer of village Channel
Section39 - Admission of joint owner of village channel
Section40 - Payment for joint ownership
Section41 - Rent for a transferred village channel
Section42 - Rights and obligations of owner of village channel
Section43 - If owner of village channel fails to execute work or repair, Canal Officer
Section44 - Procedure when joint owner neglects or refuses to maintain the village
Section45 - Divisional Canal Officer may authorise supply
Section46 - Government may transfer distributary, minor or water course to water
Section47 - Preparation of draft scheme for on-farm development
Section48 - Divisional Canal Officer may construct field drains on behalf of owner
Chapter10 - : THE SUPPLY OF WATER
Section49 - Divisional Canal Officer to regulate the supply of water for irrigation
Section50 - Declaration of assured irrigable command area of a canal
Section51 - Filling of application for inclusion in or exclusion from assured irrigable
Section52 - Order to be recorded in writing
Section53 - Person entitled to have supply of water
Section54 - Regulation of supply of water
Section55 - Sale or sub-letting of right to use canal water
Section56 - Duration of supply
Section57 - Canal Officer may supply water for purposes other than those of
Section58 - Declaration of cropping pattern for assured irrigable command by the
Section59 - Transfer of schemes to water committee
Section60 - Enforcement, alteration and cancellation of the scheme
Section61 - Appointment of Water Committee
Chapter11 - : WATER RATES AND TOLL
Section62 - Charges for water- Whenever
Section63 - Assessment of water charges
Section64 - Appeal against assessment
Section65 - Notice for demand
Section66 - Period to be prescribed by the State Government
Section67 - Liability of occupiers of lands benefiting from unauthorised use of
Section68 - Liability when water runs to waste
Section69 - Charges recoverable in addition to penalty
Section70 - Contract for collection of dues
Section71 - Tolls on lines of navigation
Section72 - State Government may fix and alter rates of tolls
Section73 - Publication of rates of toll
Section74 - State Government to appoint person to collect tolls, who may farm
Section75 - Payment of tolls
Chapter12 - : LEVY OF BETTERMENT CONTRIBUTION
Section76 - Beneficiaries to pay betterment contribution
Section77 - Assessment of betterment contribution
Section78 - Betterment Levy Officer to serve notice of demand on owner
Section79 - Betterment contribution deemed to be revenue demand
Section80 - Any person having interest in the land may pay the contribution
Section81 - Claim on account of failure or stoppage of water in Irrigation work
Chapter13 - : OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section82 - Offences under Act
Section83 - Further offences
Section84 - Obstruction to be removed and repaired
Section85 - Persons employed on canal may take offenders into custody
Section86 - Compensation to person injured
Section87 - Saving of prosecution under other laws
Section88 - All offences under the Act to be cognisable and bailable
Section89 - Procedure when the person committing an offence is a company
Section90 - Compensation for offences
Chapter14 - : OBTAINING LABOUR AND MATERIALS FOR
Section91 - Canal Officer empowered to obtain labour from locality in case of
Section92 - Preparation of list of such labour
Section93 - Canal Officer may take possession of materials required for work in
Section94 - Appeal by such labour when aggrieved by fixation of wages
Chapter15 - : SAFETY OF IRRIGATION WORK
Section95 - Encroachment upon irrigation works forbidden
Section96 - Constructions above irrigation work
Section97 - Use of explosives in the vicinity of irrigation work prohibited
Section98 - Excavation of wells near irrigation work
Section99 - Permission for fishing
Section100 - No person entitled to let out water from a canal
Section101 - Permission for pumping water from irrigation works
Section102 - Prohibition of deposit produce of mines or earth near any irrigation
Section103 - No person shall pollute water of irrigation work
Chapter16 - : JURISDICTION
Section104 - Settlement of disputes as to mutual rights and liabilities of person
Section105 - Dispute as to share and payments
Section106 - Revision by the Superintending Engineer
Chapter17 - : MISCELLANEOUS
Section107 - State Government or its Officers not liable for loss or damage
Section108 - Claim for compensation to include claim for every loss
Section109 - Power to be cumulative
Section110 - Mode of publishing proclamation and issuing notice
Section111 - Service of notices
Section112 - Disposal of lands no longer required for any irrigation work
Section113 - Government to provide means of crossing canals and drainage
Section114 - Recovery of dues
Section115 - Power to make rules
Section116 - Repeal and saving

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