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Public watercourses

Act: Baluchistan Local Government Ordinance 1979

Section Provisions

ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 ORDINANCE IX OF 1979 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1979 CHAPTER XII OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES( (B)‑Dhobi Ghats, Ferries, etc. 107. Public Watercourses.‑(I) A Municipal Committee may with the previous sanction of the Government declare any source of water, spring, river, tank, pond, public stream or Nullah or any part thereof in the Municipality, which is not private property to be a public watercourse. (2) A Municipal Committee may, in respect of any public watercourse provide such amenities, make such arrangements for life saving, execute such works and subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force relating to irrigation, drainage and navigation regulate the use thereof, as the by‑laws may provide.