Preamble

[Translation in English of “2007-ലലെ കകേരള മതത്സ്യലതത്തൊഴഴിലെത്തൊളഴികേളുലടെയയും അനുബന ലതത്തൊഴഴിലെത്തൊളഴികേളുലടെയയും കക്ഷേമ ലസെസസ്സ് ആകസ്സ് ” published under the authority of the Governor.]

ACT 9 OF 2007 THE KERALA FISHERMEN'S AND ALLIIED WORKERS' WELFARE CESS ACT,2007*

An Act to provide for the levy and collection of cess on the sale proceeds of fish, fish products, allied objects and equipments within the State with a view to augmenting the resources of the Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund constituted under section 3 of the Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund Act, 1985 (30 of 1985).

Preamble.—WHEREAS, it is expedient to levy and collect cess on the sale proceeds

of fish, fish products , allied objects and equipments within the State with a view to augmenting the resources of the Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund constituted under the Kerala Fishermen Welfare Fund Act, 1985 (30 of 1985) for the welfare of fishermen and allied workers of fishery industry in Kerala and to impose such cess on the dealers for the purpose of achieving the object to safeguard the interest of fishermen and alliedworkers in the State;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—