(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Irrigation Short {Imposition of water rate for Damodar Valley Corporation title, Water) Act, 1958. rraiienace-
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Wa li .ea- Government may, by notification in the Ocial Gazette, appoint.
(3) It shall apply to so much of the limits of the Damodar Valley and of the area of operation of the. Corporation as is situated in West Bengal.
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1948.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions.
(1) "the Act" means the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948;
(2) "area of operation of the Corporation" has the same meanmg as in sub-section (3) of section 11 of the Act;
*Price—Indian n nisi; Engsh, 3 2 The West Bengal Irrigation (Imposition of water rate for Damodar Valley Corporation Water) Act, 1958.
(West Ben. Act (Sections 3, 4.)
(3) "canal" means,—
(i) any river or any stream, canal, distributary or other water-course and any reservoir, dam weir pond, pool or sheet of water, constructed, maintained • worked or improved by the Corporation or by the State Government or by any agency under arrangement with the Corporation or the State Government, in connection with the promotion and operation of any scheme for irrigation, water supply or drainage,
(ii) any supply or escape channel, conduit, sluice, groin or other inlet into or outlet from a canal as defined in sub-clause (i),
(hi) any land on the bank of a canal as defined in subclause (i) or sub-clause (ii), acquired by the State Government for the Corporation and which is permanently or octagonally covered by water, but does not include any work for the removal of sewage;
(4) "collector" includes any officer appointed by the State Government to perform any or all of the functions of a Collector under this Act;
(5) "the Corporation" means the Damodar Valley Corporation constituted under section 4 of the Act;
(6) "kharif season" means the part of the year from July to October;
(7) "limits of the Damodar Valley" has the same meaning as in sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Act;
(8) "rabi season" means the part of the year from November to March;
"year" means a period of twelve months commencing with July.
(9) Act to override other laws.
Imposition of water rate.
3. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act or in any other law or contract for the time being in force.