26. Every member of the Authority and every officer acting under or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or rule or order or notification made thereunder, shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the India an Penal Code. -
Officers deemed to be
public servants
27. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or any custom or usage or agreement or decree or order of a court or a tribunal or other authority.
Act over-ride other laws
28. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by an order published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
Power to remove difficulties
29. (1) The Government may in the public interest by order, direct Authority to make an enquiry or to take appropriate proceedings under this Act in any case specified in the order, and the Authority shall report to the Government the result of the enquiry made or the proceedings taken by it within such period as may be prescribed.
(2) The Government may issue such orders and directions of a general character as they consider necessary in respect of any matter relating to the powers and duties of the Authority and thereupon the Authority shall give effect to such orders and directions.
Power of Government to
give directions.
30. (1) The Government may
make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act
Power to make rules
(b) All notifications issued under this Act shall, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, come into force on the date on which they are published.
(3) Every rule made or every notification issued under this Act shall, as soon as possible after it is made or issued, be placed on the Table of the Legislative Assembly and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or next session, the Assembly makes any modification in any such rule or notification or the Assembly decides that the rule or notification should not be made or issued, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification.
31. With effect on and from the date of coming into force of this Act, the Chennai Metropolitan Area Groundwater (Regulation) Act, 1987 shall stand repealed:
Provided that such repeal shall not affect –
(a) the previous operation of the Act so repealed, or anything duly done or suffered therunder;
(b) any right privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued and incurred under the Act so repealed;
(c) any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed under the Act so repealed; or
(d) any investigation, legal
proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation,
liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such
investigation, legal proceedings or remedy may be instituted, continued
or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture and punishment may be imposed
as if this Act had not been passed:
Provided further that subject
to the proceeding proviso, anything done or any action taken under the
repealed Act, shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act, be deemed to have done or taken under the corresponding provisions
of this Act and shall continue to be in force accordingly unless and until
superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act.
Electrical Energy not to
be supplied for energising wells sunk in contravention of the provisions
of this act
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