THE INDIAN FISHERIES TAMIL NADU AMENDMENT ACT, 1927
Act No. II of 1929
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 3rd November 1928, and that of the Governor-General on the 2nd December 1928; the assent of the Governor-General was first published in the Fort St. George Gazette of the 1st January 1929.)
An Act to amend the Indian Fisheries Act, 1897, in its application to the 3[State of Tamil Nadu].
Preamble.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Indian Fisheries Act, 1897, in its application to the (This expression was substituted for the expression “Presidency of Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969) [State of Tamil Nadu] for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
And whereas the previous sanction of the Governor- General has been obtained to the passing of this Act;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and extent
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Fisheries ((These words were substituted for the word "Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969, which came into force on the 14th January 1969) [Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act, 1927.
(2) It extends to the whole of the (This expression was substituted for the expression “Presidency of Madras” by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969) [State of Tamil Nadu].
2. Amendment of section 6, Central Act IV of 1897.
In sub-section (3) of section 6 of the Indian Fisheries Act, 1897 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act)—
(i) after the words "prohibit or regulate" the words "either permanently or for a time or for specified seasons only" shall be inserted, and
(ii) for clause (c) the following clause shall be substituted, namely
"(c) the dimension and kind of the contrivances to be used for taking fish generally or any specified kind of fish and the modes of using such contrivances."
3. Amendment of section 6, Central Act IV of 1897.
For sub-section (4) of section 6 of the said Act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
"(4) Such rules may also prohibit all fishing in any specified water except under a lease or licence granted by Government and in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in such lease or licence:
Provided that no rule shall be made under this subsection to prohibit sea fishery other than pearl fishery or chank fishery unless, after previous publication under sub-section (6) of this section, it has been laid in draft before (The words "both the Chambers of the Provincial Legislature" were substituted for the words "the Legislative Council" by the Adaptation Order of 1937) [both the (This word was substituted for the word Adaptation (Amendment) Order of 1950) (Houses) of the (The word "State" was substituted for Adaptation Order of 1950) (State) Legislature], and has been approved by a resolution (The words "of both those Chambers" were substituted for the words "of the Legislative Council" by the Adaptation Order of 1937) [of both those (This word was substituted for the word Adaptation (Amendment) Order of 1950) (Houses)] either with or without modification or addition ; but upon such approval being given the rule may be issued in the form in which it has been so approved. "
4. Addition of new section 8 to Central Act IV of 1897
After section 7 of the said Act, the following section shall be added, namely:—
"8. Recovery of rents, fees and other moneys payable to Government.
All rents, fees and other moneys payable to Government on account of fishery leases and licences granted by them may be recovered in like manner as if they were arrears of land revenue." |
