(1) Whenever application is made to a Divisional Irrigation Officer for a supply of water from an irrigation work and it appears to him expedient that such supply should be given and that it should be conveyed through some existing water course, he shall give notice to the person responsible for the maintenance of such water course to show cause, on a day not less than fourteen days from the date of such notice, why the said supply should not be so conveyed and, after making enquiry on such day, the Divisional Irrigation Officer shall determine whether, and on what condition, the said supply shall be conveyed through such water course.
(2) When such officer determines that a supply of water from any irrigation work may be conveyed through any water course as aforesaid, his decision shall, when confirmed or modified by the superintending irrigation officer, be binding on the applicant and also on the persons responsible for the maintenance of the said water course.
(3) Such applicant shall not be entitled to use such water course until he has paid the expense of any alteration of such water course necessary in order to his being supplied through it, and also such share of the first cost of such water course as the divisional or superintending irrigation officer may determine.
(4) Such applicant shall also be liable for his share of the cost of maintenance of such water course so long as he uses it.