This Act may be cited as the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1944, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1907.

Any area, whether adjacent to the district of the Board or not, which may hereafter be included in the borough of the City of Christchurch by the alteration of boundaries or union of boroughs or union with districts in pursuance of the provisions of Part XII of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, or otherwise, shall be added to the district of the Board, and the provisions of subsections six and seven of section two of the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1920, shall apply in like manner as if a proposal to add the area to the district had been carried at a poll of electors taken on a proposal that the area be added to the district.