(1) The User who uses the service shall be required to pay service fee to Users’ Association or person or institution pursuant to these Rules, who is entitled with the power to collect such service fee and collect the receipt for the same.
(2) Users’ Association shall have the responsibility to collect the service fee in the irrigation system which is conducted by the joint management. Users’ Association shall collect minimum service fee from every User as determined by the Committee pursuant to Rule 26 even in a case even the service has not been utilized in the irrigated area declared by the Government of Nepal.
(3) Users’ Association shall deposit, the portion of the amount collected from the Users pursuant to Sub rule (2), in its own account in a manner as prescribed in Schedule – 3 and the remaining amount shall be deposited in the Central Maintenance Fund and paid for revenue and  evidence thereof shall be forwarded to the concerned Irrigation Office.
(4) Government of Nepal shall make no additional investment to that Irrigation system whose amount is not deposited in Central Maintenance Fund and revenue pursuant to Sub rule (3).