(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rules or orders made thereunder.
(2) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the State Government or any other person in respect of any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or rules or orders made thereunder.
Order of the Divisional Canal Officer.
Saving of prosecution under other laws.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
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56. Whenever any person is fined for an offence under this Act, the Magistrate may direct that the whole or any part of such fine may be paid by way of compensation to the person injured by such offence.
57. Any person in charge of or employed upon any canal or drainagework may remove from the lands or buildings belonging thereto, or may take into custody without a warrant and take forthwith before a Magistrate or to the nearest police station, to be dealt with according to law, any person, who, within his view, commits any of the following offences:-
(a) willfully damages or obstructs any canal or drainage work; and
(b) without proper authority interferes with the supply or flow of water in or from any canal or drainage-work, or in any river or stream, so as to endanger damage or render less useful any canal or drainage-work.
58. In this Part, the word 'canal' shall (unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context) be deemed to include also all lands occupied by the State Government for the purpose of canals, and all buildings, machinery, fences, gates and other erections, trees, crops, plantations or other produce occupied by or belonging to the State Government upon such lands.
PART XI SUBSIDIARY RULES
59. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions or give such directions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.