Closed season and fish Sanctuary

General200217 sections3 chapters

Chapter II PROTECTION, CONSERVTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES

Statutory text

(1) The Government shall declare a certain period during each calendar year to be a closed season for economic variety of fishes as may be specified in the rules so as to allow such fishes to avail safe breeding against destruction or disturbance and during which no person shall catch or kill such fishes.
(2) Separate closed seasons may be declared for separate variety of fishes or for indigenous fishes.
(3) The Government shall declare certain portion of any Government water body as fish sanctuary and no person shall catch or kill fishes in any such fish sanctuary at any time of the year.
(4) Any person who violates the provision in section 5 sub-section (1),
(2) and
(3) above shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment of one month which may extend to three months or a fine not exceeding Rupees Five thousand or both.

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