Chapter III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION

All persons empowered to exercise power and discharge duties by or under this Act shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act No.45 of 1860).

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any Government official, for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

Any amount of money due to the Government under this Act or the rules made there under shall be recoverable as public demand under the Mizoram Public Demands Recovery Act, 2001.

1. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
   • (a) term of appointment of the Fishery Warden;
   • (b) erection and use of fixed engines;
   • (c) dimension, size of mesh and kind of nets or fishing hooks to be used and manner of using them and conditions under which they may be used;
   • (d) use of more than one method of taking fish at one time;
   • (e) prescription of the closed season for various economic variety of fishes and that of indigenous variety of fishes;
   • (f) such other matters as the Government may deem proper for the better protection, conservation and improvement of fisheries in the State or in any specified areas within the State.
3. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as it is made, before the Mizoram Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of seven days which may comprise in one session or in two successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session it is laid, the Mizoram Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Legislative Assembly is of the opinion that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be.

On and from the commencement of this Act, the Lushai Hills Autonomous District Fisheries Act, 1953 shall stand repealed. Provided that notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Act so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made or taken under this Act and shall continue to be in force until superseded by anything done or any action taken under the provisions of this Act.