Section 33: Rights to canal water
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33. Rights to canal water
(1) The rights of parties who claim portions of water from any canal on the
ground of concession, apportionment, or prescription, shall be determined in
conformity with their written or prescriptive titles.
(2) Where the rights cannot be determined on the basis of written or
prescriptive title, the persons who contributed to the cost of constructing
the canal, or their successors in the properties through which the canal
passes, shall have rights to portions of the canal.
(3) Where there is insufficient proof to determine who were the contributors to the construction of a canal, the Supreme Court shall determine who
shall have right to portions of the canal.
(4) This section shall not prejudice any other arrangement warranted by
the titles in regard to a canal.
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