Section 73
Power to arrest without warrant.
The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873
About this Act
An Act to regulate Irrigation, Navigation and Drainage Northern India.
Any person in charge of or employed upon any
canal or drainage-work may remove from the lands or buildings belonging thereto, or may take
into custody without a warrant and take forthwith before a Magistrate or to the nearest police -
station, to be dealt with according to law, any person who, within his view, commits any of the
following offences:--
(1) wilfully damages or obstructs any canal or drainage work;
(2) without proper authority interferes with the supply or flow of water in or from any canal or drainage-work, or in any river or stream, so as to endanger, damage or render less useful any canal or drainage-work.
(1) wilfully damages or obstructs any canal or drainage work;
(2) without proper authority interferes with the supply or flow of water in or from any canal or drainage-work, or in any river or stream, so as to endanger, damage or render less useful any canal or drainage-work.