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Section 8

. (1) No such work, as is referred to in section 7, shall be executed unless not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing before the commencement of work is given to the owner or occupier of the property and such owner or occupier shall have the right to be present during the execution of the work.

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8 . (1) No such work, as is referred to in section 7, shall be executed unless not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing before the commencement of work is given to the owner or occupier of the property and such owner or occupier shall have the right to be present during the execution of the work. Where any person, in exercise of the powers under this Act, opens or breaks up the soil of any land, he shall with all reasonable speed, fill in the ground and reinstate and make good the soil opened or broken up. A Tube-well Officer shall cause as little damage as possible to any property for the purpose of executing any work under this Act and shall in the prescribed manner, pay to the owner or occupier of such property compensation for any damage sustained by him. ] The State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. ] SCHEDULE (Referred in section 6) MODIFICATIONS IN THE NORTHERN INDIA CANAL AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1873 (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE SAID ACT")