# The Goa Irrigation Act, 1973, Section 6: Entry for inquiry

- Act: The Goa Irrigation Act, 1973 (Act 18 of 1973)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/goa-irrigation-act-1973/section/6/

## Text

Whenever it shall be necessary to make any inquiry or examination in connection with a proposed canal or with the maintenance of an existing canal, the Canal-Officer and any person acting under the general or special order of any such Canal-Officer, may- (a) enter upon such land as he may think necessary for the purpose; (b) exercise all powers and do all things in respect of such land as he might exercise and do, if the Government had issued a notification under the provisions of section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894), to the effect that the land in that locality is likely to be needed for a public purpose; and (c) set up and maintain water-gauges and do all other things necessary for the prosecution of such inquiry and examination.

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