Kerala Irrigation Works (Execution by Joint Labour) Act, 1967

No: 20 Dated: Sep, 04 1967

KERALA IRRIGATION WORKS (EXECUTION BY JOINT LABOUR) ACT, 1967

(Act 20 of 1967)

    An Act to provide for facilitating the execution of certain works connected with irrigation, flood-control or drainage for purposes of agriculture, to be done by the joint labour of cultivators, in the State of Kerala.

    Whereas it is expedient to provide for facilitating the execution of certain works connected with irrigation, flood-control or drainage for purposes of agriculture, to be done by the joint labour of cultivators, in the State of Kerala;

Be it enacted in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and extent:-  (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Irrigation Works (Execution by Joint Labour) Act, 1967.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-

(a) "local authority" means a panchayat at any level constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);

(b) "padasekharam" means collection of paddy fields contiguously situated, whether owned by one person or two or more persons;

(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(d) "proprietor" means the owner of any paddy field in a padasekharam and includes the cultivator or person in actual possession of such field;

(e) "Punja Special Officer" means an officer appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a Punja Special Officer under this Act;

(f) "work" includes the putting up of ring bunds and drainage of water.