(1) The provisions of sections 49, 50 and 51 shall not apply unless a notice has been published in the village con cerped by a canal officer that he proposes to take an irrigation agreement in that village.
(2) Such notice shall be posted in writing in some prominent place in the village, and shall be proclaimed by beat of drum at least fourteen clear days before the agreement is finallv made.
53. The permanent holder of wet land which is commanded by a canal may apply to a canal officer to have his wet land included in an irrigation agreement relating to the village mahal or chak in ,vhich such land is situated, and, if hi;
application is granted, he shall be entitled to the supply of water in accordance with the terms of such agreement but with such deduction, if any, from the agreement' rates as' mav be prescribed by rules made under this Act. '
54. The permanent holder of land which 1s not comm anded but is capable of being irrigated from a canal or water c_ourse by means ~f any mechanical contrivance designed to hfr the water therem, may apply to a canal officer to have such land included in an irrigation agreement and if his :1-PPlication is gra_nted, he shall be entitled to the ;upply ~f water m accordance w1t~1 tl:e terms ?f such agreement, in so far as they may be applicable, but with such deduction, if any, from the agreement rates as may be prescribed by rules made un der this Act.
1. See now M. P. Land Revenue Code, 1959. (20 of 1959).
THE MADHYA PRADESH IRRIGATION ACT, 1931