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Section 13: Confiscation of vessels, etc.

The Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981Central Act · Act 42 of 1981

(1) Where any person is convicted of an offence under section 10 ***, the foreign vessel used in or in connection with the commission of the said offence, together with its fishing gear, equipment, stores and cargo and any fish on board such ship or the proceeds of the sale of any fish ordered to be sold under the second proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 9 shall also be liable to confiscation.

(2) The foreign vessel or other things confiscated under sub-section (1) shall vest in the Central Government.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981
Section13
Marginal noteConfiscation of vessels, etc.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • omitted, Act 8 of 2026. The words "or section 11 or section 12" omitted by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch. for (w.e.f. 20.06.2026).

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