Section 6: Jouissance of rivers
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6. Jouissance of rivers
Subject to this Act, the proprietors of land bordered or traversed by any
river or stream—
(a) may have the use (jouissance) of the water, to the exclusion of
all others;
(b) shall have rights that are equal in character and principles notwithstanding differences as to the portions of water to which
they may be respectively entitled from the river or stream to
which their rights apply;
(c) may use the water for the irrigation of their land.
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