State Act
Section 365
Art. 365 – When the quita is applied for the motive of shortage of water necessary for the sowing and irrigation of vaingana in the reservoirs of the comunidade, the fact and its cause shall be verified during the inspection, as well as, if the plots referred to in the request can be or not cultivated and watered, till the ripening of the standing crop, with the existing waters. 1st. If it is found that the plots of the applicant can be cultivated, the rebate (quita) shall not be granted; and, in the other case, after the diligences dealt with in the paragraph 6 of preceding article, the file shall be forwarded, with the remarks of the administrator, for the final decision. 2nd. On verifying that the cause of shortage of waters was not casual, but due to action of a person other than the applicant, he may use against the former all the remedies available within the power of the comunidade.