Short title, commencement and application

(1) This act may be called the Karnataka Inland Fisheries (Conservation, Development and Regulation) Act, 1996.

1. (2) It shall come into force on such 1[date] as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. (3) Nothing in this Act shall apply to fishing and fishery in any specified area within the meaning of clause (i) of section 2 of the Karnataka Marine Fishing (Regulations), Act, 1986 (Karnataka Act 24 of 1986) in National parks and sancturies declared under the Wild Life