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National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)

Chapter 13 : Access to and Rights Over Land

Part 2 : Servitudes

126. Definitions

 

In this Chapter—

 

"servitude of abutment"

means the right to occupy, by means of a waterwork, the bed or banks of a stream or adjacent land belonging to another;

 

"servitude of aqueduct"

means the right to occupy land belonging to another by means of a waterwork for abstracting or leading water; and

 

"servitude of submersion"

means the right to occupy land belonging to another by submerging it under water.