(1) No claim for compensation shall lie against the Government for any damage arising from-
(a)
(b)
(c) the stoppage or diminution of the percolation or flow of water; or the deterioration of climate or soil ; or the stoppage of navigation, or of the means of drifting timber or watering cattle:
Provided that compensation shall be payable where, as a result of the construction of a canal,- -
(i) the rent or revenue of any land has been reduced, or
(ii) the supply of water to or from a tank or other constructed work has been diminished.
[ (1-A) In determining the amount of such compensation, regard shall be had to the diminution in the market value, at the time of awarding compensation of the property in respect of which compensation is claimed and where such market value is not ascertainable the amount shall be reckoned at fifteen times the amount of the diminution of the annual net profits of such property, caused by the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act. ]1
(2) Claims under this section may be enforced by applicae tion made to the [Collector]2 within one year from the reduc tion of the rent or revenue, of the diminution or the supply.
(3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the [Collector]2 under sub-section (2) may, within six months from the date of such decision, institute a suit in a civil court to have such decision set aside or modified.
CHAPTER-IV • CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CANALS