Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Imposition of water rate
A water rate imposed under section 6 shall become payable as follows—
(a)
in the case of lands used for cultivation of padi—
(i)
no water rate shall be payable in respect of any lands until irrigation water has been available on such lands or a period sufficiently long to allow a crop or padi to be planted and gathered; and
(ii)
upon the first day of January, next following the date when such a crop has first been, or might first have been, gathered there shall be payable to the Land Administrator one half of the water rate imposed upon such lands, and upon every first day of January, thereafter shall be payable the full amount of the water rate imposed upon such lands;
(b)
in the case of lands used for any other industry, cultivation, or purpose, the water rate imposed upon such lands shall become payable on the first day of January, next following
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Irrigation Areas the date at which a water supply has been available on such lands sufficient for the conduct of such industry, cultivation, or other purpose, and thereafter on the first of January, of each succeeding year:
Provided that, where the full supply of water necessary to the purpose to which the lands are applied has not been available or for any other reason approved by the appropriate authority, any officer appointed for this purpose by the appropriate authority may reduce the amount so payable to such amount as may seem to be just and shall notify the Land Administrator accordingly.
Collection of water rates