Chapter IV Chapter IV

(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer or authority for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any order or rule made thereunder. (2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer or authority for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any order or rule made thereunder.

(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the matters to which regard shall be had in making an order under subsection (1) of section 4; (b) the form of the application for licence under subsection (1) of section 6, the particulars which it shall contain and the fees which shall accompany it; (c) the matters to which regard shall be had in granting or refusing a licence under clause (d) of subsection (4) of section 6, the fees payable for the licence and the security for the due performance of the conditions of the licence; (d) the procedure to be followed in granting or refusing a licence under section 6 or cancelling, suspending, varying or amending such licence or in registering a vessel under section 9 or cancelling such registration; (e) the form of the application for registration of a vessel under section 9, the particulars which such application shall contain and the fees which shall accompany the application; the form of the certificate of registration and the form of the register referred to in subsection (3) of that section, and the manner in which the registration mark referred to in subsection (5) of that section shall be displayed; (f) the manner in which the information referred to in section 10 shall be given; (g) the time and manner in which the returns referred to in subsection (1) of section 11 shall be furnished; (h) the authority to whom appeals shall be preferred under subsection (1) of section 13; (i) the place and the manner in which an impounded fishing vessel shall be kept under subsection (1) of section 15, and the manner in which the proceeds of the disposal of the seized fish shall be deposited with the adjudicating officer under subsection (2) of that section; (j) the procedure of the enquiry by the adjudicating officer under subsection (2) of section 16; (k) the qualifications of the members of the Appellate Board other than the Chairman, the fees and allowances payable to the Chairman and other members of the Appellate Board, and the procedure of the Appellate Board; (l) the fees payable for the supply of copies of documents or orders or for any other purpose or matter involving the rendering of any service by any officer or authority under this Act; (m) any other matter which is to be, or may be, provided for by rules under this Act. (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session, for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

(1) The Kerala Marine Fishing Regulation Ordinance, 1980 (12 of 1980), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.