Section 3(1) in The Jammu and Kashmir Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1956
(1)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, and notwithstanding any agreement, custom or usage or any decree or order of any Court or other authority, every inhabitant of a village shall exercise the right of user in respect of any road, street, lane, path, channel, drain, well, tank or any source of water-supply in a village including the village of which he is not an inhabitant :Provided that such right was exercised by such inhabitant or any of his predecessors-in-title for one year continuously at any time prior to the commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Common Lands (Regulation) Ordinance, 1956 (VII of 1956).
