The Madhya Pradesh FIsheries ( Amendment ) Act, 1981

q. 9- f e ~ PC, Evq (m 81: q tvr;) (3) $t?G WZ WT'fq Tq % nm 3 qf am ?P fd-z $) %r m <,- m a ? . ! ( 9 ~ ) v". (1) 9 a7T.w (w) 9 mqo8 (3) 9) RU?T it;5*df s7 r i ~ * 9 1 ~ ~ la s i ~ f ~ i t 4 ~ m ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ m ~ ? ~ ~ ~ ? ~ ~ Z i f g ; r f ; r f m w u ~ ? ; * I J ; '\ (w ) wm ( x ) a, ( q ) ?fk (T?) $ Fern s? f H a f n i r qw ?&a md, &, :-- (v) W kssf. TGim I-i'w TT crfw99 mi? 41 ~$6 2 fiqy ~ l g j r ~ i? rld v, 4rf34f (e) , ~mriii, $$f (i-i) , qlar*f sr sr$f ..1 aFmpr, ~;m; Tzrs m? vpi. FF? mqw $ fq$.ll. MADHYA PRADESH ACT No. 34 of 1981 THE MADHYA PRADESK FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1981 [Received the assent of the:President on the 5th October, 1981; assent first published in the "Madhya Pradesh Gazette (Extra-ordinary)", dated the 7th October, 1'181.1 An Act further to amend the Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Act, 1918. Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Thirty- second Year of the Republic of India as follokvs :- 1. This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Fisheries (.-\mend- short title ment) Act, 1981. 2. In section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Fisheries Act, 1948 (No. 8 of Amendment r;' 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act)- section 3. (a) in sub-section (3), for clause (f), the following clause.< s i~al l be substituted, namely :- "(1) prohibited sale or purchase of fish or transport or n~ovement of tish within or outside the State in excess of the prescribed quantity except under a licence; % ( f f ) prescribe the seasons during which- . ( i ) the hilling or catShing of fish of any prescribed species shall be prohil)ited ; ( i i ) sale, movement or transport of any prescribed specie.: si!all be prohibited except under a licence ; (Iff) regulate the grant of l ice~ces under clnuse (f ) and sub-clause (ii) of clause (B), anillor prescribe the fees pay:ll~le l l~c rc - for and the conditions to be attached thereto; and" : (b) in sub-section (5), for clauses (a) and (I]), the follo\ving clauses shall be substituted, namely :- "(a) the seizure, removal and forfeiture of any fixed engine, apparatus or cquipnient erected or used for fishir?g in con- travention of ihe rules ; (b) the forfeiture of any fish procured by means of any such fixed engine,, apparatus or equipment or transported in contravention of the rules; and (c) t h e seizure, removal and forfeiture of any animals, carts, vessels, rafts, boats or vehicles used -for transporting CZ! I' f! ' catching fisll in contraventioll of the rules.". / i . . . . . . ..... ...-. .- .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . I ' . . . : . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . 1 - . . -. -. . . ~ t.-. 1 % . . -r' 17 28 s~-W& TWFT. kTk 7 ;13Z;ar 1981 .. - - -I.- s, - .i+ ti. Amendment of 3, For section 5 of the Principal Acl, the following sections shai! scctior. 5. be substituted, namely : - Penalities. "5. If any person contravenes any of he provisions of this Act 0:. rules made thereunder, he shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year - or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. Cognizance of 5-A. Every offence under this Act shall be cognizable.". offenCe. i Amendment of 4. In section 6 of the Principal Act,- rection 0, (a) for the proviso to ,sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely : - "Provided that no person so i~rrcstecl shall be detained loilge!. than may be necessary Tor bringing him befosc- a .J~idicial Magistrate escept u n d e r a n order of the Magistrate for h i s detention according to the provisions of the Code of Cri- minal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974).!'; (b) for sub-section (3), the follo\ving sub-section shall be substi- tuted, namely :- "(3) All Fi,shery Oficers sliall havc the snme po\vers of scnr.ch, seizure and investigations in respect of a n ,offence under this Act as a police oficer of the rank of a Sub-Inspecto:. has under t h e provisions the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (NO. 2 of 1974).". Amendment of 5. For sub-section (1)of section 8 of the Principal Act, the follo\v- section 8. ing sub-section shall be substituted, namely :- i "(1) Any offence specified in the Schedule may be compounded by the Collector by acceptance of a sum not exceeding one thousand rupees.". Amendment of 6. In the Schedule to the Principal Act, after entry 4, the following Schedule. entries shall be inserted, namely :- "4-A. ~ r a n s ~ b r t i n g or attempting to transport any fish of a prohi- bited species during a closed season except under and in accordance,with the conditions of the licence granted uncler the rules ; 4-B. Selling or transporting or ai.ten~pting to sell or trnnspor: fisk in excess of the prescribed yt~anti ty except unt ie r :!nd i:: accordance will) i l ~ e condition-; of the liccnce grn!~i rd \in!!?r. the rules.". Repeal. 7. The hladhya Prade\h Fisheries (Amendment) Ordin~incc, l!ifil (No. 11 of 1981) is hereby repealed.