Irrigation Act, 1876 (Act No. III of 1876). Pays/Territoire Bangladesh Type du document Législation Date 1876 (1973) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for irrigation in Bangladesh. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Eau Mot clé Irrigation Ouvrages Approvisionnement en eau Drainage/assèchement Législation de base Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Pays les moins avances, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Résumé This Act provides for the management, conservation and use of all irrigation works in Bangladesh, being those canals, channels, reservoirs or other. The Government shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of all the irrigation works in order to supply water through the country and, in this capacity, shall fine whoever attempts to obstruct, damage, divert water or pollute it. The Act provides also for the construction of waterworks that supply water from a channel directly to the irrigation fields (village-channel): individuals may be appointed by authorities to build a village channel, pending the consent of the owners and tenants of the land the channel belongs to. Texte intégral Anglais Site web bdlaws.gov.bd