Canal and Drainage Act, (Extension to III Lora Canal of Bannu District) Ordinance, 1969 (W.P. Ord No. XLIII OF 1969)

1 | P a g e THE CANAL AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1973 (EXTENSION TO III LORA CANAL OF BANNU DISTRICT) ORDINANCE, 1969. W. P. Ord No. XLIII OF 1969. [6 th December, 1969.] CONTENTS PREAMBLE SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Minor Canal Act, 1905 not to apply. 3. Application of the Canal and Drainage Act, 4. Notification deemed to have been issued under the Canal and Drainage Act, 1973. 2 | P a g e THE CANAL AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1973 (EXTENSION TO III LORA CANAL OF BANNU DISTRICT) ORDINANCE, 1969. W. P. Ord No. XLIII OF 1969. [6 th December, 1969.] AN ORDINANCE to apply the provisions of the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, to the III Lora Canal of Bannu District, and to validate the levy of occupier's rates in the areas irrigated by the said canal. WHEREAS it is expedient to apply the provisions of the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 (Act No. VII of 1873), to the III Lora Canal of Bannu District , and to validate the levy of occupier's rates in the areas irrigated by the said canal; Preamble. NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Martial Law proclamation of 25th March, 1969, and the provisional Constitution order, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf , the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance: 1. This Ordinance may be called the Canal and Drainage Act, (Extension to III Lora Canal of Bannu District) Ordinance, 1969. Short title. 2. The Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905, shall cease to apply and be deemed to have ceased to apply to the III Lora Canal of Bannu District, hereinafter referred to as the Lora Canal and the areas irrigated by it with effect from the 23rd November, 1959. Minor canal Act 1905, not to apply. 3. The canal and Drainage Act, 1873, shall apply and be deemed to have applied to the lora canal, and the areas irrigated by it with effect from the 23rd November, 1959. Application of the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873. 4. All notification issued by or under the authority of the Government of West Pakistan on or after the 23rd November , 1959, prescribing the occupier's rates to be charged in the areas irrigated by the Lora Canal shall be deemed to have been issued under the provisions of the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 and neither any such notification nor the levy or recovery of occupier's rates in the said areas in accordance therewith shall be called in to question by or before any court or other authority on the ground that the said Act was not applicable to the Lora Canal Or the areas irrigated by it at the time that the said notification or any of them were issued. Notification deemed to have been issued under the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873. 3 | P a g e