9. Amendment to Act 34 of 1950.—

In the Travancore-Cochin Fisheries Act, 1950 (34 of 1950),—

(1) in section 2, after the definition of "Fixed engine" the following definition shall be inserted, namely:—

" "local authority" means a village panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);";

(2) in section 6 for the words "one hundred rupees" the words "one thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (3) in sub-section (1) of section 7, for the words "two hundred rupees" the words "two thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (4) in sub-section (1) of section 8, for the words "two hundred rupees" the words "two thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (5) to section 9, the following shall be added at the end, namely:— "by a local authority";

(6) for the first proviso to section 11, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:

"Provided that the Government or the local authority may, in the interests of scientific research, exempt any person from taking out a licence under this Act."; (7) in section 12, for the word "Government", the words "Government or local authority" shall be substituted; (8) in section 17, for the word "Government", the words "Government or local authority" shall be substituted; (9) in section 18, after the word "appeals", the words " the local authority" shall be inserted;

(10) in section 22,— (i) in the proviso to sub-section (4), for the words "at rupees five per acre" the words "at rupees one hundred and twenty five per hectare" shall be substituted; (ii) in sub-section (5), for the words "one hundred rupees the words "five hundred rupees" shall be substituted;

(11) after section 23, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

"23A. Recovery of rents, fees, etc., on account of fishing leases and licences.-- All rents, fees and other moneys payable to local authority on account of fishing leases and licences granted by it shall be recovered in like manner as if they were arrears of land revenue.".