Law concerning the organization and duties of the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works.

The General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, which shall have a separate budget and juridical personality, is established under the Ministry of Public Works for the purposes of multiple utilization of ground and surface waters and prevention of damages caused by them. The duties and authorities of the Directorate include, inter alia :a) to build irrigation, flood prevention and other waterworks; b) to reclaim swamps; c) to generate power from water; d) to examine, approve and supervise the water supply and sewerage designs for cities and towns; and e) to make observations, conduct experiments, compile statistics, conduct research, make various kinds of surveys, to determine the type and character of soils, the kinds of crops to be raised, and to evaluate the agricultural and economic benefits to be derived and the degree of productivity to be obtained. Directorates and operating organizations shall be established in accordance with this Law. Specific tasks of each branch of the Directorate are specified.