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Section 6
The Rajasthan Farmers Participation in Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 2000Rajasthan

Section 6. Delineation of Distributary area and constitution of the Distributary Committee

(1) The Project Authority may, by notification delineate every Command Area of the irrigation system, comprising of two or more Water Users' Areas and declare it to be distributary area for the purpose of this Act.

(2) There shall be a Distributary Committee called by its local distinct name for every distributary area declared as such under sub-section (1).

(3) All the Presidents of the Water Users' Associations in the distributary area, so long as they hold such office by virtue of sub-section (5) of section 5, shall constitute the General Body of the Distributary Committee including two officials nominated by the Project Authority1[].2[]