Irrigation (Amendment) Act (No. 23 of 1983)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Replacement of section 110 of the principal enactment. [11.23 of 1983]

11. Section 110 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed following section substituted therefor:

110.

	(1) A Fund to be called the Irrigation Fines Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the " Fund ") is hereby established.

	(2) There shall be paid into the Fund all fines and penalties imposed under this Part and all expenses recovered under section 66.

(3) There shall be paid out of the Fund such sums of money as the Secretary to the Ministry may consider necessary-

(a) to repair any damage caused to any irrigation structure;

(b) to pay compensation in respect of any loss incurred by an allottee, or a tenant cultivator or an owner cultivator;

(c) to meet the expenses incurred in assessing the damage referred to in paragraph (a) or the compensation referred to in paragraph (b).

	(4) The Secretary to the Ministry shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund.

	(5) The accounts of the Fund shall be audited by the Auditor-General in accordance with Article 154 of the Constitution.

	(6) The financial year of the Fund shall be the calendar year.'.