West Bengal Irrigation (Imposition of Water Rate For Damodar Valley Corporation Water) Act, 1958
No: 26 Dated: Jan, 30 1959
THE WEST BENGAL IRRIGATION (IMPOSITION OF WATER RATE FOR DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION WATER) ACT, 1958
West Bengal Act XXVI of 1958
An Act to provide for the imposition of a water rate in areas in West Bengal where water supplied by the Damodar Valley Corporation is available for irrigation and certain matters ancillary thereto and connected therewith.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the imposition of a water rate in areas in West Bengal where water supplied by the Damodar Valley Corporation is available for irrigation and certain matters ancillary thereto and connected therewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title, commencement and application. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Irrigation (Imposition of water rate for Damodar Valley Corporation Water) Act, 1958.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official 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.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) "the Act" means the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948;
(2) "area of operation of the Corporation" has the same meaning as in sub-section (3) of section 11 of the Act;
(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, sulice, groin or other inlet into or outlet from a canal as defined in sub-clause (i),
(iii) any land on the bank of a canal as defined in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii), acquired by the State Government for the Corporation and which is permanently or occasionally 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 February];
(8a) "summer season" means the part of the year from March to April;]
(9) "year" means a period of twelve months commencing with July.
3. Act to override other laws. - 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.