THE RIVERS AND CANALS ACT 1863Act 35/1863ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS1. 1. Short title2. 2. InterpretationPART I — RIVERS3 Rivers and streams are public property4 Drawing water from river5 Portions of rivers may be taken for public purposes6 Jouissance of rivers7-8 Repealed9 Rights to water maintained10 Concession presumed not for irrigation11 Borderers not to prejudice others rights12 Borderers rights13 Mode of calculating portion of water14 Mode of abstraction of water15 Supply may be made to increase or diminish16 Penalty for removing and altering pipes17 Water conveyed through ground of another18 Owners of inferior land19 Limits on servitude20 Works on opposite bank21 Repealed22 Supreme Court to fix size of apertures23 Right to springs24 Works not required for prescription25 No one to stop or alter river or stream26 Control of activities near rivers27-28 Repealed29 Establishment of public facilities30 Bathing and washing in rivers31 FishingPART II — CANALS32 Classification of canals33 R...