Section 1:
Short title.
This Act may be called the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873.
Local extent.--It extends to 1[Uttar Pradesh and the 2[territories which, immediately before
the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Punjab and Delhi]] and applies to all
lands whether permanently settled, temporarily settled, or free from revenue.
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Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O.1948, for the original words as amended by the A.O.1937. The Act originally extended to the
territories which are now the U.P., the Punjab, and the C.P. It has been rep. in the C.P. by the C.P. Irrigation Act,
1931 (C.P. 3 of 1931). It has been declared not to apply to any canal which is included for the time being under
Sch. I or Sch. II to the Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905 (Pun. 3 of 1905), see s. 2 (3) of that Act. The Act has been
amended and in Punjab by Pun. Acts 19 of 1953, 22 of 1960 and 18 of 1974
in U.P. by U.P. Acts 30 of 1956 and
16 of 1974; and in Haryana by Haryana Acts 4 of 1971 and 29 of 1974.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "States of Punjab and Delhi".
3. The commencement paragraph rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and Schedule.