Section 12: Borderers rights
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12. Borderers rights
(1) Subject to subsection (2), each proprietor is entitled to a portion of
water in accordance with the total volume of water of the river or stream,
and the quantity of land capable of being irrigated by it.
(2) A sufficient quantity of water shall be always preserved in the river,
to meet the natural wants of all the borderers and the public.
(3) Any proprietor who has not had his portion of water granted or a
ssigned to him shall have the same assigned to him by the Supreme Court—
(a) after considering the report of a competent person appointed by
the court to measure the water; or
(b) without a report, by consent of the proprietors of land or of
shares of water, below the place from which it is proposed to
take the portion of water.