(1) In case of any accident happening or being appreh ended to a canal, any canal officer or canal suborodinate, or any person acting under his generl. of special orders in this behalf, may enter upon any lands adjacent to such canal, and may execute all works waich may be necessary for the purpose of repairing or preventing such accident.
(2) In every such case the Executive Engineer shall tender compensation to the proprietors or occupiers of the said lands for all damage caused thereto. If such tender is not accepted, the Executive Engineer shall refer the matter to the [Collector] l , and compensation for the damage shall be determinea as though the State Government had directed the occupation of the land under Part VI of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 ( l of 1894).
1. Subs. byM. P. A. 0. 1956 for "Deputy Commissioner."
75 Power to enter for rep.
airs and to prevent accidents.
16 THE MADHYA PRADESH IRRIGATION ACT, 1931 Power to prohibit obstru ctions or to order their removal.
Power to remove obstructions.
Government to provide means of crossing canals.
3$. Whenever it appears to the State Government that injury to any land or to the public health or public conven ience has arisen or may arise from the obstruction of any river, stream or drainage channel, it may, by notification published in the Official Gazette,. prohibit, within limits to be defined in such notification the formation of any obstruction, or may, within· such limits, order the removal or modification of sueh obstruction.
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