(a) to enter any property (Private or Government owned) with the right to investigate and make any measurements concerning the land or the water located on the surface or the under ground:
(b) to inspect the well which has been or is being sunk and the soils and other materials excavated therefrom,
(c) to take specimens of such soils or other materials or of water extracted from such wells,
(d) to order in writing the persons sinking a well to keep and preserve in the prescribed manner specimens of soils or any material excavated therefrom for such period not exceeding three months from the date of completion or abandonment of the work as may be specified by the Authority and such person shall comply with such requisition,
(e) to inspect and to take copies of the relevant records or documents and ask any question necessary for obtaining any information (including diameter or depth of the well which is being or has been sunk, the level at which the water is or was struck and subsequently restored/rested, the types of strata encountered in the sinking of the well and the quality of the ground water struck etc.) required for carrying out the purposes of this Act,
(f) to direct the user of ground water to install water measuring devices on any ground water abstraction structures:
(g) to seize any equipment/device utilized for illegal sinking and demolish the work executed fully or partly,
(h) to direct any user of ground water who does not comply with the provisions of this Act and rules framed thereunder to close-down the extraction of ground water, disconnect its power supply and demolish any hydraulic work found to be illegal according to the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder,
(i) to enter and search with such assistance, if any, as it considers necessary, any place in which it had reason to believe that offence under this Act has been or is being committed and order in writing the person who has been or is committing the offence not to extract or use the ground water for a specified period not exceeding thirty days,
(j) to exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act or any rules made thereunder.
Section 11 • The Bihar Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2006
11. Powers of the Authority.
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