(1) The State Government after previous publication may make rules for the purpose hereinafter in this section mentioned and shall in such rules declare the waters, not being private waters, to which all or any of them shall apply.
(2) The State Government may, by notification, apply such rules or any of them to any private waters with the consent in writing of the owner thereof and of all persons having for the time being any exclusive right of fishery therein.
(3) Such rules may, -
(a) prohibit or regulate all or any of the following matters, that is to say--
(i) the erection an use of fixed engines;
(ii) the construction, temporary or permanent of weirs, dams & bunds;
(iii) the dimension, size of mesh and kind of nets to be used and the mode of using them;
(iv) the use of more than one method of catching fish at one time;
(b) prohibit the destruction of, or any attempt to destroy, fishes by explosives, gun, bow, arrow or the like in inland waters;
(c) prohibit the destruction of, or any attempt to destroy fishes by using a chemical or any other substance likely to cause pollution of water;
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(d) prohibit the throwing into any water of any solid or liquid which may be harmful to fishes in such water;
(e) prohibit fishing except under a license and regulate the grant of such licenses, the fees payable therefor and the conditions to be inserted therein;
(f) prescribed the seasons during which the killing, catching or sale of fishes of any prescribed species shall be prohibited; and
(g) prescribe a minimum size or weight below which no fish of any prescribed species shall be sold.
(4) Such rules may also prohibit all fishing in any specified waters for a specified period.
(5) In making any rule under this section the State Government may provide for--
(a) the seizure, removal and forfeiture of any fixed engine or apparatus erected or used for fishing in contravention of the rules, and
(b) the forfeiture of any fishes taken by means of any such fixed engine on apparatus.
4. The State Government may be notification prohibit in any specified areas the offering or exposing for sale or barter of any fish capture of which has been made unlawful by any rule made under section 3 of this Act, although caught outside 1{Madhya Pradesh} and although their capture might be legal at the place where caught.
5. If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, he shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three months or with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.