Act Number: 63

Act Name: The Betwa River Board Act, 1976

Year: 1976

Enactment Date: 1976-04-10

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the creation of a reservoir at Rajghat by construction, on behalf of the Governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, of a dam on the Betwa river at Rajghat and for the regulation of such reservoir.

Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shaktri

Department: Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Section 3: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "Board" means the Betwa River Board established under section 4;
         (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
         (c) "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee constituted under section 5;
         (d) "member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman;
         (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under section 22;
         (f) "Rajghat Dam" means the Dam described in the Schedule;
         (g) 1["Rani Laxmibai Sagar"] means the reservoir created by the construction of the Rajghat Dam;
         (h) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under section 23;
         (i) "rules" means rules made by the Central Government under section 22.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1993, s. 2, for "Rajghat Reservoir" (w.e.f. 27-8-1993).
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