THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, (CANAL LAWS) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1980. N.-W. F. P., ORDINANCE NO. V OF 1980. 1st June, 1980. AN ORDINANCE further to amend the laws relating to canal and drainage.WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the laws relating to canal and drainage in the manner hereinafter appearing; AND WHEREAS the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977, read with the Laws (Continuance in Force) Order, 1977 (C.M.L.A. Order No. 1 of 1977), and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance: 1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the North-West Frontier Province (Canal Laws) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1980. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. In the Canal and Drainage Act, 1873— (a) in section, for clause (7), the following clause shall be substituted, namely; "(7) 'Canal-officer' means an officer or a person or an authority appointed under this Act, to exercise control or jurisdiction over a canal or any part thereof; 'Superintending Canal-officer' means an officer exercising general control over a canal or portion of a canal and includes a person or an authority appointed to exercise such control; 'Divisional Canal-officer' means an officer exercising control over a division of a canal and includes a person or an authority appointed to exercise such control; 'Sub-Divisional Canal-officer' means an officer exercising control over a sub-division of a canal and includes a person or an authority appointed to exercise such control.";
(b) in section 4, for the words "the officer by whom", the words and comma "the officers, persons or authorities by whom" shall be substituted. 3. In the Punjab Minor Canals Act 1905 (Pb. Act. III of 1905), as applicable in the North-West Frontier Province—
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