State Act
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Section 158. Power to remove obstruction or damage to work.
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR WATER RESOURCES (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2010
In forceJammu and Kashmir (State Act)
158. Power to remove obstruction or damage to work. An Assistant Executive Engineer Incharge of any irrigation work, may take any person into custody without a warrant, and shall without unnecessary delay take him to a judicial Magistrate, or in his absence, to the nearest police station, if such person in his opinion–– (a) wilfully damages, alters, enlarges or obstructs any irrigation work ; (b) without proper authority, interferes with the supply or flow of water, in or from any irrigation work so as to endanger, damage or render such irrigation work less useful ; or (c) obstructs tapping source of water in any water source.