Fishing and plying of boats, etc.

52. Fishing and plying of boats, etc. No person shall have the right to fish or ply any vessel in a reservoir or tank or across or along a canal or channel maintained or controlled by the Government without the permission in writing of the State Government or of such officer as may be empowered in this behalf by the State Government, and except under such terms and conditions and subject to payment of such fees as may be prescribed: Provided that no permission for fishing in any tank with an achkat of not more than five hundred acres shall be granted by any officer empowered under this section except with the concurrence of the Irrigation Officer.