Section 12: Right to land use for navigable purposes including right of way

(1) Subject to the provisions of the Lands (Title Vesting, etc.) Act, the right of land usage for improvement of navigability and provision of infrastructure shall cover areas on both banks of the waterways which would be submerged in a flood of 100 years return period.
(2) In case of waterways with steep banks where such flood have no overbank flow, the right of way shall include the areas of land along the waterway measured 100metres perpendicular from the edge of the channel.