Insertion of section 13A

After section 13 of the Principal Act, the following section 13A shall be inserted, namely— "13A (1) The Deputy Commissioner with the previous sanction of the State Government, may by notification published in the prescribed manner declare any collection of water, running or still, to be a fishery, and no right in any fishery so declared shall be deemed to have been acquired by any person or group of persons, either before or after the commencement of this Act, except as provided in the rules framed under sub-section (2). (2) The State Government may, without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of section 98, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this section and such rules shall be published in the Official Gazette,”.