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Section 6 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a Marshland Reclamation Commission which shall: a) advise the Minister on matters related to the reclamation and protection of marshland and its development and maintenance for agricultural purposes; b) study and examine proposals for the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, conduct, or operation of works, and shall make recommendations thereupon to the Minister, and c) perform such further or other duties as may be assigned to it by this Act or the regulations. Section 2 establishes that the Minister – if he deems - may construct, reconstruct, recondition, repair, maintain, conduct or operate works that are recommended by the Commission. The text - consisting of 46 sections - deals with the following matters: construction of works, Marshland Reclamation Commission, marsh bodies, powers of marsh bodies, meetings of the body, Budget and Special Reserve Fund, by-laws, offences and penalties and disposition of penalties. The text consists of 46 sections.

Implemented by: Reports and Returns by Marsh Bodies Regulation - Marshland Reclamation Act (N.B. Reg. 82-5). (1998-03-31)
Repealed by: Marshland Reclamation Act (RSNB 2011, c 189). (2011-09-01)

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