3. Application .-Save as provided under this Act, it applies to the owner of every specified
dam, -
(a)being a public sector undertaking or institution or a body owned or controlled by the Central
Government or a State Government or jointly by one or more Governments, as the case may be;
and (b)being an undertaking or company or institution or a body other than those ow ned or
controlled by the State Government or the Central Government, as the case may be.