Amendment of section 6

In section 6 of the Principal Act,- (a) for the proviso to sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely :- "Provided that no person so arrested shall be detained longer than may be necessary for bringing him before a Judicial Magistrate except under an order of the Magistrate for his detention according to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974)."; (b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :- "(3) All Fishery Officers shall have the same powers of search, seizure and investigations in respect of an offence under this Act as a police officer of the rank of a Sub-Inspector has under the provisions the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974).".