Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2005 (Act No. 22 of 2005)

THE KERALA GROUND WATER (CONTROL AND REGULATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2005 [1] (ACT 22 OF 2005) An Act to amend the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002 Preamble.-WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Fifty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows: 1.Short title and commencement.-This Act may be called the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2005. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2.Amendment of section 9.-In the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002 (19 of 2002), for sub section (1) of section 9, the following sub-section shall be substituted namely: “(1) Every user of ground water in the State shall, within such time as may be notified by the Government in this behalf, apply to the Authority for registration as a user of ground water and for the grant of a certificate of registration.”.