Section 29 of The Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905 — Levy of water rate
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- (1)Subject to the terms of any agreement made by it with the owners or irrigators, the State Government may, by notification, direct that a rate or rates shall be levied for the use of water of a canal in an authorised manner.
- (2)The State Government may, by notification, also impose a special rate for all water obtained or used without authority or in an unauthorised manner.
- (3)The rate or rates imposed under sub-section
- (1)or sub-section
- (2)shall be leviable from such person deriving benefit from the water as the State Government may, by general or special rule, direct.
- (4)Subject to the terms of any agreement as aforesaid, the proceeds of any rate or rates levied under this section shall be disposed of in such manner as the State Government may, by general or special rule, direct.