The Government may, by nottfication in the Gazette, declare such of the areas as they consider are Inhabited mainly by fishermen to be fisherJcs villages for the purposes of this Act and define the local limit" of each such v1llagc.
4. Fishermen's welfare societies - ( 1) 'fhe Government shall, by nottfi· cation in the Gazette, constitute a fishennen's welfare society for each fisheries . viJJage by such name as may be specified Jn the notification.
(2) Every society shall be a body cotporate by the name under which it is constituted, having perpetual tuccession and a common seal, with power . o acquire, hold and di~po3e of property, both movable and immovable, entet into contracts, lJlStttute and defend ~u1ts and other legal proceedings and to do all thangs necessary for the purposec; for which it i~ con~tituted.
5 Members of societies.-(!) Every fisher1nan who permanently resides in a fisheries village or cat ries on fishing op~rations from or within a fisheries village and who-
(a) has attained the age of eighteen years, and • 0 0 • , 31 ' (b) is not of unsound mind, shall be dremcd to be a member of the society constituted for that fisheries village.
(2) The Fisheries Officer s ~all, su bj{'ct to ~uch 1 u lcs a~ may b•: made in this behalf, prepare and publish in the pr('scrJhccln\::tnn~r a !1st of fi<;herman who are deemed to be n1cmbers ofthc soctcty as on the fir~tday ofSeptembcr of each year :
Provided that the Government may dtrctt th~lt in rcspr~ct of any parti· cular year <;uch list shall be prepared vvith rrf~rcncc t' such other date as may be specified in the notificat1on.
G E,.pulJlon of tnembers, -( 1) Any n1cn1bcr of ,t society \Vh) has acted adversely to the interests of the society m,Ly be C)(pcJlcd upon a rc~olution of the gcncr(tl body passed at a spcc1al mc<'ting conveJJCd for the purpose by the votes or not less than t\\o-thirds of the total ntunbf;r of n1ctnbcrs present and voting at the meeting.
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(2) No (mem bcr shall be C)Cpcllcd under sHbscction (I) \Vithout giving htm cln opportunity to n1akc rcprrscnt,ltions.