Irrigation Law No. 6 of 1962.

This Law, consisting of 20 articles, aims at regulating irrigation activities and protecting water resources. Responsible body for public irrigation activities is the Minister of Agriculture, assisted by the Director General of Irrigation and irrigation engineers. According to this Law, the authorities bear the responsibility of monitoring, operating and protecting lakes and rivers as well as monitoring and improving the natural and man-made waterways, which are constructed to store, distribute and discharge water. The public authorities are also responsible for: establishment, restoration, maintenance of public irrigation; setting the irrigation water quotas and water distribution; supervision of the sector activities. A land owner is responsible for irrigation of the land and the competent authorities have the right of control.
Art.6 specifies cases of temporary suspension of water service. Art.8 regulates permits for water extraction pumps.
Moreover, the Law sets forth penalties against offenders, who pollute water sources as a result of a sinking boat or throwing garbage into a river, and establishes the powers of the Minister in the event of possible damage caused by flooding.