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Section 83: Power to remove obstruction.

The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 21 of 2010

(1) No person shall encroach upon, or cause any obstruction to, an embankment or slope thereof or the water-way of any water source.

(2) The prescribed authority, or any other person authorised by him in this behalf, may issue an order to the person making encroachment or causing obstruction or having control over any such encroachment or obstruction to remove such encroachment or obstruction within the time to be specified in the order.

(3) If within the time so specified, such person does not comply with the order, the prescribed authority or the officer authorised by him in that behalf, may remove such encroachment or obstruction and if the person to whom the order was issued does not, when called upon, pay the expenses involved in such removal, such expenses shall be recovered from him as arrears of land revenue.

(4) In removing the encroachment or obstruction, the prescribed authority or such officer as authorised by him to remove such encroachment or obstruction may, if necessary, requisition the help of the police.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010
Section83
Marginal notePower to remove obstruction.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

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