State : Orissa
Year : 1866
THE (BENGAL) EMBANKMENT ACT, 1866 THE (BENGAL) EMBANKMENT ACT, 1866 [Published vide Bengal Act, No. 7/9.5.1866.] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for the acquisition of land for embankments, and other matters relating thereto Whereas it is expedient to make better provision (or the acquisition of land required for embankments, and for charging the expense thereof upon the owners of lands benefited thereby; Be it enacted: Section 1 - Lands for embankments may be acquired under powers for acquiring land for public purposes When it shall be necessary for any Collector to acquire land for the purpose of constructing any public embankment, or of extending or altering any embankment, the superintendence or charge whereof is vested in a servant of the Crown, the..... List Judgments citing this section