R-13 - Watercourses Act

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7. (Repealed).
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37; 1982, c. 25, s. 24; 1994, c. 17, s. 63; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2017, c. 4, s. 219.
7. The Government may authorize the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks to open or close the dams, sluiceways or other apparatus to empty the water from any work constructed in a private or public watercourse, and to take the necessary measures to keep the apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time the Minister prescribes, where the Government considers that the measures are required in order to put an end to the flooding of private or public lands.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37; 1982, c. 25, s. 24; 1994, c. 17, s. 63; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35.
7. The Government may authorize the Minister of the Environment to open or close the dams, sluiceways or other apparatus to empty the water from any work constructed in a private or public watercourse, and to take the necessary measures to keep the apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time the Minister prescribes, where the Government considers that the measures are required in order to put an end to the flooding of private or public lands.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37; 1982, c. 25, s. 24; 1994, c. 17, s. 63; 1999, c. 36, s. 158.
7. The Government may authorize the Minister of the Environment and Wildlife to open or close the dams, sluiceways or other apparatus to empty the water from any work constructed in a private or public watercourse, and to take the necessary measures to keep the apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time the Minister prescribes, where the Government considers that the measures are required in order to put an end to the flooding of private or public lands.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37; 1982, c. 25, s. 24; 1994, c. 17, s. 63.
7. The Government may authorize the Minister of the Environment to open or close the dams, sluiceways or other apparatus to empty the water from any work constructed in a private or public watercourse, and to take the necessary measures to keep the apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time the Minister prescribes, where the Government considers that the measures are required in order to put an end to the flooding of private or public lands.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37; 1982, c. 25, s. 24.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of section 6, in the case of any work affecting public property, which has been constructed without such approval, or if, after such approval, such work has not been constructed or maintained in accordance with the plans and specifications approved, the Government may authorize the Minister of Environment to open or close the dams, sluiceways, flood-gates, water-gates or other apparatus to empty the water from such work, and to take the necessary measures to keep such apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time it prescribes, the whole so as to put an end to the flooding or the encroachment so caused upon such public property.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 37.
7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of section 6, in the case of any work affecting public property, which has been constructed without such approval, or if, after such approval, such work has not been constructed or maintained in accordance with the plans and specifications approved, the Gouvernement may authorize the Minister of Natural Resources to open or close the dams, sluiceways, flood-gates, water-gates or other apparatus to empty the water from such work, and to take the necessary measures to keep such apparatus open or closed, as the case may be, during the time it prescribes, the whole so as to put an end to the flooding or the encroachment so caused upon such public property.
R. S. 1964, c. 84, s. 7; 1968, c. 34, s. 1.