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The Embankment and Drainage Act, 1952 (East Bengal Act)

( ACT NO. I OF 1953 )

1. Ascertainment of costs

Embankment in Schedule A
36. (1) The provisions of section 39 and the remaining sections of this Part following it shall not apply-
 
 
 
 
(i) to any embankment mentioned in Schedule A to this Act; or
 
 
 
 
(ii) to any embankment or water course which may, under the proviso to section 37, be restored to, or, under section 38, be included in such Schedule save so far as any works or repairs are to be done or executed therein or in relation thereto under the provisions of section 15 or of section 19; or
 
 
(iii) to any of such embankments as may hereafter be erected for the protection of lands which, at the commencement of this Act, are protected by the embankments mentioned in the aforesaid Schedule, save so far as the erection of such embankment may protect lands not protected by embankments mentioned in the aforesaid Schedule.
 
 
 
 
(2) All sums payable in respect of any works or repairs executed in or in relation to the embankments or water-course included in the aforesaid Schedule, except under the provisions of section 15 or of section 19, shall be paid by the Government.

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