(1) After such modification of the draft scheme as appears to be required by any objection made under the previous section the [State Government] 1 may, if it thinks fit to proceed with the scheme, notify the same as approved by publication in the [Official Gazette] 2 and thereafter it shall be entitled to carry out such approved scheme in accordance with the provisions of this Act :
Provided that if the scheme has, in the opinion of the [State Government] 1 been substantially altered, the provisions of section 11 shall apply to the amended scheme.
(2) The publication under sub-section (1) of a scheme as approved shall be conclusive proof of the fact that any consent recorded therein has been duly obtained, that the scheme will benefit the area specified therein in that behalf (hereinafter called the benefited area), and that the scheme has in all respects been duly prepared and approved.
Operation of a notified scheme as a notification under section 5 of the Act, VIII of 1873
13. The intimation in a scheme notified under sub-section (1) of section 12 of the intention to apply or use the water of any river or stream flowing in a natural channel, or of any lake or other natural collection of still water, for the purpose of the work to which the scheme relate, shall operate as a notification under section 5 of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 declaring that the said water will be so applied or used on the expiration of three months from the date of the notification.
Modification of approved scheme or substitution of new scheme