Power to make rules

Power to make rules.

1. (1) The Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
   • (a) the matters relating to issue of licences under section 6, including the fees to be paid and the forms of application;
   • (b) the matters relating to the registration of fishing vessels under section 11, including the fees to be paid and the forms of application;
   • (c) the regulation of the manner of carrying out the provision of this Act and the rules made thereunder;
   • (d) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed.
3. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State if it is sitting and if it is not sitting, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.