Section 3

Section 3 of the Assam Irrigation Water Users Act, 2004 (Single Document). The District Collector may, by notification and in accordance with the rules made, under this Act in this behalf, delineate every command area under each of the irrigation system on a hydraulic basis except, the command area of the shallow tube wells installed outside the command area of the irrigat

(1) The District Collector may, by notification and in accordance with the rules made, under this Act in this behalf, delineate every command area under each of the irrigation system on a hydraulic basis except, the command area of the shallow tube wells installed outside the command area of the irrigation schemes, installed by the individual farmers or by the Pathar Parichalana Samities registered by the Department of Agriculture, which may be administratively viable and declare it to be a water users' area for the purpose of this Act.

(2) Every water users' area shall be divided into constituencies which shall not be less than four but not more than ten, as may be prescribed.

(3) There shall be a Water Users' Association called by its local dintinct name for every water users' area delineated under sub-section (1).

(4) (a) Every Water Users' Association shall consist of the following members, namely :- (i) all water users who are land holders in a water users area provided that where both the owner and tenant are land holders in respect of the same land, the tenant;

(ii) five ex-officio members, namely one Sectional Assistant and one Junior Engineer from the Irrigation Department, who shall act as coordinator between the Government Departments and the Farmers' Organisation and two from the Agriculture Department in the rank of village Level Extention Worker (VLEW) and Agriculture Extension Officer and one Elected Gaon Panchayat Member/Gaon Panchayat President of the Gaon Panchayat concerned;

(iii) members specified in clause (i) and (ii) shall constitute the General Body for the Water Users' Association.

(b) A person eligible to become a member of more than one territorial constituencies of a Water Users' Association under (i) shall be entitled to be a member of only one territorial constituency and he shall exercise his option thereof as prescribed.

(c) members specified in clause (i) shall alone have the right to vote. Election of President and Members of the Managing Committee of Water Users' Association.

Section 3, The Assam Irrigation Water Users Act, 2004 (Single Document) (Act 5 of 2005).