Licence for carrying on the business of selling, keeping for sale, etc., of fish seed for fish breeding or fish farming

(1) Every application for the annual licence for carrying on the business of selling, keeping for sale, offering to sell, bartering or otherwise supplying any fish seed for fish breeding or fish farming shall be made to the Regional Fish Seed Committee in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, one month before the commencement of each financial year. (2) The application forms shall be purchased from the Regional Fish Seed Committee on payment of prescribed fee or obtained by downloading from the website of the State Fish Seed Committee. (3) On receipt of such application accompanied by the prescribed fee, the Regional Fish Seed Committee or such other officials/investigating officers as are authorised, may conduct enquiry and inspection. (4) If the Regional Fish Seed Committee is satisfied that the details provided in the application and the variety, kind, category and class of the fish seed to be selected satisfy the necessary requirements and a licence can be issued, it shall prepare a report including the reasons for granting the licence and the summary of the licence in a prescribed form after collecting the prescribed licence fee. (5) On receipt of the copy of the licence and the summary copy from the Regional Fish Seed Committee, the investigating officer shall, after keeping the summary copy in his office, issue the copy of the licence to the concerned parties and enter the details in the register kept in his office in such form as may be prescribed: Provided that in the case of fish seed farms and hatcheries existing at the commencement of this Act, such fish seed farms and hatcheries shall obtain a licence under the provisions of this Act within the stipulated time from the date of commencement of this Act. (6) The licence, unless it is otherwise cancelled, shall be valid for one financial year from the date of issue: Provided that no such cancellation shall be made without giving the holder of the licence a reasonable opportunity to be heard.