Authentication of orders and other instruments of Authority

All orders, decisions and other instruments of the Authority shall be authenticated under the signature of the Chairperson or any other member or any officer of the Authority authorised by the Chairperson in this behalf. (9) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any traditional coastal aquaculture unit which lies within the Coastal Regulation Zone declared by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forest (Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife) No. S.O.114(E), dated the 19th February, 1991 and is not used for coastal aquaculture purposes on the appointed day shall be registered under sub-section (5) by producing before the Authority, by the person who is the owner of such unit, the documentary proof of such ownership failing which such unit shall not be registered under sub-section (5) and if such person after such registration does not utilise such unit, within one year, for coastal aquaculture purposes, the registration shall be cancelled by the Authority. (10) A person, who intends to renew the registration of a coastal aquaculture unit made under sub-section (5) or in pursuance of sub-section (9), may make an application within two months before the expiry of such registration to the Authority in the prescribed form accompanied with the prescribed fees and the Authority shall, after receiving such application, renew the registration and for such purpose make an entry with its seal on the registration certificate relating to such form issued under sub-section (6). Provided that the Authority may condone the delay in making application for renewal, subject to payment of such fee for renewal of registration, as may be prescribed. (11) The Authority may refuse to renew the registration of a coastal aquaculture unit under sub-section (10) if the Authority is satisfied that the person to whom such registration is made has failed to utilise such coastal aquaculture unit for coastal aquaculture purposes or without any reasonable cause has violated any provision of this Act or the rules or regulations made there under or any direction or order made by the Authority in pursuance of section 11: Provided that such refusal to renew the registration shall not be made without providing such person an opportunity of being heard. Explanation 1.—For the purposes of this section, “appointed day” means the date of establishment of the Authority. Explanation 2.—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the expression “to renew the registration” used in sub-sections (10) and (11) shall be construed to include further renewal of the registration. (12) The Authority may vary, amend or modify the certificate of registration issued under this section, in such manner as may be prescribed. (13) In the event of the certificate of registration issued under this Act being defaced or mutilated or lost, the Authority may grant a duplicate certificate, on payment of such fee and in such manner, as may be prescribed.