Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Act, 2015

AN ACT further to amend the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 (Act No. VIII of 1873), for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows: 1. Short title and commencement.---( 1) This Act may be called the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Act, 2015. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 70 of Act No.' VIII of 1873.--- In the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 (Act No. VIII of 1873), in section 70, (i) after clause (5), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely: "(5-A) throws garbages and polythene bags in the Canal to block the.water flow of Canal; (5-B) encroaches on the side areas of water Canal; (5-C) diverts sewerage lines towards the Canal;"; and (ii) for the words "fifty rupees" and "one month", the words "twenty thousands rupees" and "two years but not less than one year" shall respectively be substituted. BY ORDER OF MR. SPEAKER PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KIFAYATULLAH KHAN AFRIDI) Secretary Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa