CourtMesh

Section 55: Offenses under Act

The Rajasthan Irrigation and Drainage Act, 1954State Act of Rajasthan · Act 21 of 1954

Whoever, without proper authority and voluntarily does any of the acts following, that is to say-

(1) damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any irrigation or drainage work;

(2) interferes with, increase or diminishes the supply of water in, or the flow of water from, through, over or under, any irrigation or drainage work;

(3) interferes with or alters the flow of water in any river or stream, so as to endanger, damage or render less useful any irrigation or drainage work;

(4) being responsible for the maintenance of a water course or using a water course, neglects to take proper precautions for the prevention of waste of the water thereof or interferes with the authorised distribution of the water therefrom, or uses such water in an unauthorised manner;

(5) corrupts or fouls the water of any canal so as to render it less fit for the purposes for which it is ordinarily used;

(6) being liable to furnish labourers under Part VII of this Act, fails without reasonable cause to supply or assist in supplying the labourers required of him;

(7) destroys or moves any level mark or water gauge fixed by the authority of a public servant;

(8) passes, or causes animals or vehicles to pass, on or across any of the works, banks or channels of an irrigation or drainage work contrary to rules made under this Act, after he has been desired to desist therefrom

(9) violates any rule made under this Act for breach whereof a penalty may be incurred;

shall be liable, on conviction before a Magistrate of the Second Class, to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees, or to imprisonment not exceeding one month, or to both.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Irrigation and Drainage Act, 1954
Section55
Marginal noteOffenses under Act
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Rajasthan Irrigation and Drainage Act, 1954 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.