Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905

From: 1905-06-01 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to make better provision for the control and management of minor canals in [3][certain areas of West Pakistan] WHEREAS it is desirable to make better provision for the exercise of control over and for the regulation of the management of certain minor canals in [4][certain areas of West Pakistan]; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and local extent.— (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Minor Canals Act of 1905. [5][(2) It extends to the Divisions of Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Lahore, Multan, Quetta and Kalat except the Tribal Areas]. 2. Operation of Act.— (1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to the extent and in the manner hereinafter provided to every canal specified in either Schedule I or Schedule II as the case may be. (2) At any time after the commencement of this Act, the [6][Provincial Government] may, from time to time by notification— (a) include any canal under either Schedule I or Schedule II, as the case may be, or transfer a canal from one Schedule to the other Schedule, and thereupon the provisions of this Act applicable to canals included under such Schedule, or such of the said provisions as the [7][Provincial Government] may direct, shall apply to such canal; or (b) exclude from the operation of this Act any canal which now is, or hereafter may be, included under either Schedule I or Schedule II: Provided that no canal shall be included under Schedule 1, unless— (a) it is owned in whole or in part by [8][Provincial Government] or (b) is, at the commencement of this Act, managed by [9][Servants of the State] or by any local authority, or (c) is situate partly within and partly without the territories to which this Act extends, or (d) has been included under Schedule II and is transferred to Schedule I [10][by direction of the Provincial Government]. (3) The [11][* * *] Canal and Drainage Act, 1873[12], shall not apply to any canal which is for the time being included under either Schedule I or Schedule II. 3. Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in subject or context— (i) “Record-of-Rights” and “Revenue Officer” have the meanings assigned to…