The Kerala Fishermen Debt Relief Commission Act 2008

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (i) "Commission" means the Kerala Fishermen Debt Relief Commission constituted under section 3; (ii) "Fisherman" means a person for whom fishing is the main source of livelihood and includes any person engaged in fishing and allied activities as may be notified by the Government from time to time; (iii) "Fishermen Debt Relief Commission Act 1969" means the Kerala Agricultural Debt Relief Act, 1969 (11 of 1969) or any other Act providing for debt relief to any category of persons or agriculturists; (iv) "Government" means the Government of Kerala; (v) "Debt" means any liability in cash or kind, whether secured or unsecured, due from a fisherman on the date of commencement of this Act, whether payable under a contract, or under a decree or order of any Civil Court or otherwise and subsisting on such date; (vi) "Creditor" means any person from whom or any institution from which the fisherman has borrowed or incurred a debt and includes any person entitled to stand in the place of the creditor; (vii) "Bank" means the "Scheduled Bank" as defined in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934; (viii) "Co-operative Society" means a society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969); (ix) "Fishermen co-operative society" means a society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 engaged in the activities of promotion of welfare of fishermen or fishing and allied activities and which is classified as such by the Government or by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies; (x) "Debt Relief" means any relief including waiver of interest, writing off of the principal or rescheduling of the loan granted by the Commission to a fisherman in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (xi) "Kerala Fishermen Debt Relief Commission Act" means the Kerala Agricultural Debt Relief Act, 2001 (2 of 2001) as amended from time to time. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Commission” means the Kerala Fishermen Debt Relief Commission constituted under section 3; (b) “debt” means any liability in cash or kind, whether secured or unsecured, due from a fisherman on or before the commencement of this Act, whether payable under a contract, or under a decree or order of any Court, or otherwise, and includes any sum due to a financial institution or a money lender; (c) “fisherman” means a person who has taken of fishing as his principal means of livelihood and resides in the coastal areas of the State and includes such other categories of persons as may be notified by the Government from time to time; (ca) “financial institution” means a banking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (Central Act 10 of 1949) and includes any other institution as may be notified by the Government; (cb) “Government” means the Government of Kerala; (cc) “money lender” means a person who carries on the business of money lending in the coastal areas of the State whether or not he holds a licence under the Kerala Money Lenders Act, 1958; (cd) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (ce) “State” means the State of Kerala.

(1) The Commission shall have the power to recommend the debt relief measures to be provided to the fishermen. (2) The Commission may, either suo motu or on an application made by a fisherman or a creditor, take cognizance of the case of indebtedness of a fisherman, and pass such orders as it deems fit. (3) The Commission shall, while exercising its powers under sub-section (2), follow such procedure as may be prescribed: Provided that, the Commission shall, before passing any order, give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the fisherman and the creditor. (4) The Commission shall have the following powers, namely: (i) to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine him on oath; (ii) to require the discovery and production of any document; (iii) to receive evidence on affidavits; (iv) to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (5) The Commission shall have such other powers as may be prescribed.

The Commission shall have all the powers vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:— (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (e) any other matter which may be prescribed.

The Government shall constitute a Fund to be called "the Fishermen Debt Relief Fund" and such amount as may be provided by the Government from time to time by way of grants, loans or otherwise shall be credited to the said fund for the purposes of implementing the schemes for the relief of indebtedness of the fishermen.

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