Section 80: Jurisdiction

80. Jurisdiction (1) Subject to section 5, all questions as to any concession or any right to water from any river, stream, run of water or canal, shall be brought before and decided by the Supreme Court. (2) All questions as to the possession of any share or quantity of water from a river, stream or canal, shall be determined by the District Magistrate for the district, pending the decision of the Supreme Court, on the question of right. (3) Where a question arises as to which of 2 or more District Magistrates has jurisdiction regarding any matter or thing under this Act, that Magistrate shall be held to have jurisdiction, within whose district the head of the river, stream or canal is unless there is some other rule of law, by which the question may be determined. (4) All proceedings for contraventions of this Act shall be brought before the District Magistrate of the district within which the contravention took place.