Dike Maintenance Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 95).
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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
"Dike" is defined in section 1 as "an embankment, wall, fill, piling, pump, gate, floodbox, pipe, sluice, culvert, canal, ditch, drain or any other thing that is constructed, assembled or installed to prevent the flooding of land". The Act provides for an Inspector of Dikes who is to supervise all dikes and the operation of all diking authorities (sect. 2). The Act lists the inspector's powers as well as obligations of diking authorities and offences under the Act.
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Notes
The present Act, in this version of RSBC 1996, is current to 30 November 2016 and last amended on 21 June 2007.
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No