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Annexes     rights   shall   be   compulsorily   transferred   to   the   new   owners,   and   in   the   event   that   the   land   benefiting   from   the   water   are   partitioned,   the   water   shall   be   apportioned   according   to   the   land   areas   resulting   from   the   partitioning  of  such  land."     Article   (30):-­‐   "Without   prejudice   to   the   sanctified   and   water   quarantine   areas,   quantities   of   water   may   be   acquired  in  cisterns,  pools  or  streams,  by  means  of  directly  harvesting  the  water  from  rainfall  that  falls  on  the   surrounding   land   thereof,   which   is   owned   by   the   beneficiary   thereto,   or   in   the   adjacent   areas,   where   the   beneficiary   has   been   authorized   to   benefit   from   harvesting   the   rain   there   from.   Such   acquisition   is   considered   as  an  acquired  benefit,  if  it  does  not  harm  the  benefits  previously  acquired  thereto  and  does  not  conflict  with   acquired  water  rights,  in  accordance  with  the  recognized  traditional  rights  and  customs  related  to  the  right  of   benefit   from   rainfall   water.   The   beneficiary   may   also,   according   to   this   article,   set   up   the   required   water   installations,   which   take   advantage   of   the   water   quantities   gained,   as   well   as   the   construction   of   small   irrigation  structures  and  to  excavate  for  subsidiary  canals,  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  and  controls  that   are  set  forth  in  the  Executive  by-­‐Law."     Article   (31):-­‐   "The  Executive  by-­‐Law  shall  spell  out  the  cases  when  the  Government  may  withhold  the  acquired   rights  of  benefiting  from  water,  if  public  interest  so  dictates  or  if  the  rationing  of  water  use  is  required,  with   fair  compensation  to  be  provided  in  accordance  with  the  existing  laws."     Article  (32):-­‐  "All  holders  of  rights  of  utilization  in  accordance  with  articles  (28-­‐29)  of  this  law  are  required  to   come  to  NWRA  to  register  their  rights  accordingly  within  a  period  of  three  years  maximum  from  the  date  of   announcement  accordingly  issued  by  NWRA  after  the  issuance  of  this  law."     Article   (33):-­‐   "All  holders  of  rights  of  utilization  benefit  from  groundwater  wells  dug  prior  to  the  issuance  of   this   law   and   the   holders   of   common   rights   thereto,   whether   such   rights   are   utilized   or   not,   are   required   to   come   to   NWRA   or   any   of   its   branches   in   the   governorate   offices   or   district   centres   to   register   their   rights   accordingly   and   to   continue   benefiting   from   such   rights   of   benefits   and   the   common   rights   therewith   associated,   within   a   period   of   three   years   maximum   from   the   date   of   announcement   accordingly   issued   by   NWRA  after  the  issuance  of  this  law."     Article   (34):   "NWRA  and  all  of  its  branches  shall  maintain  a  register  of  acquired  rights  of  benefit  from  water.   The   Executive   Procedures   shall   spell   out   the   system   and   rules   for   maintaining   such   a   register   and   the   procedures  for  registering  and  amending  such *&Vv