Kerala Marine Fishing Regulation Act,1980
No: 10 Dated: Jan, 20 1981
Kerala Marine Fishing Regulation Act,1980
(Act No. 10 of 1981)
An Act to provide for the regulation of fishing by fishing vessels in the sea along the coast line of the State by [registration of boat building yard and fishing net production unit, constitution of fisheries management councils and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Preamble. - Whereas it is necessary to provide for the regulation of fishing by fishing vessels in the sea along the coast line of the State [registration of boat building yard and fishing net production unit, constitution of fisheries management councils and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto];
Be it enacted in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1980.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 24th day of November, 1980.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-
(a) "adjudicating officer" means any officer of the Fisheries Department, not below the rank of an Assistant Director of Fisheries, authorised by the Government, by notification in the Gazette, to exercise the powers conferred on and discharge the duties imposed upon, the adjudicating officer by this Act for such area as may be specified in the notification;
(b) ''Appellate Board" means an Appellate Board constituted under section 18;
(c) "authorised officer" means such officer as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, authorise in respect of the matter to which reference is made in the position of this Act in which the expression occurs;
(d) "fishing vessel" means a ship or boat, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion, which is engaged in sea-fishing for profit and includes-
(i) a catamaran,
(ii) a country craft, and
(iii) a canoe.
engaged in sea fishing;
(e) "port" means the space within such limits as may from time to time be defined by the Government, by notification in the Gazette, for the purposes of this Act;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "registered fishing vessel" means-
(i) a fishing vessel registered under S.11 of the Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972 (Central Act 13 of 1972); or
(ii) a fishing vessel registered under S.9;
(h) "specified area" means such area in the sea along the entire coast line of the State, but not beyond territorial waters, as may be specified by the Government, by notification in the Gazette;
(i) "State" means the State of Kerala and includes the territorial waters along the entire coast line of that State.