Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:— (1) ‘fish’ includes shell fish and fish in all stages of its life; (2) ‘Fishery’ means a declared fishery and includes the peripheral area where the fishes declared to be the fish of that fishery can breed and rear; (3) ‘Fishery Officer’ means the Director of Fisheries and includes any Officer or Class of Officers empowered by the State Government to act as Fishery Officer; (4) ‘Private water’ means which are the exclusive property of any person or persons including a religious institution where the owner or owners or his agent have the exclusive right of fishing, and includes tank, pond, artificial lake etc. excavated at the expense of the owner which have no communication in the rainy season with natural water, such as river, canal, stream and lake. EXPLANATION :— Waters shall not cease to be ‘Private water’ within the meaning of this definition if any other person has by usage or custom a right of fishery therein. (5) ‘Schedule’ means schedule appended to this Act; (6) ‘State’ means the State of Manipur; (7) ‘State Government’ means the Government of Manipur; (8) ‘religious institution’ means a temple, a mosque or a Church, any other shrine dedicated to any god or godless or religious belief; (9) ‘religious water’ means water belonging to a religious institution where fishing is prohibited on ground of religion. (10) ‘Revenue Department’ means the Revenue Department of the Government of Manipur.