(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provision of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to it be necessary for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry and the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 25 shall apply in respect of such order as they apply in respect of a rule made under this Act.
_______ 540 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS FOR ACT 6 OF 2008 The geographic base of Indian marine fisheries has 8118 km. coastline, 2.02 million sq. km. of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) including 0.5 million sq. km. of continental shelf. Of this, the Union territory of Puducherry has 45 km. of coastline in the regions of Puducherry, Karaikal and Mahe. Marine fisheries within the territorial waters are the subject of maritime States, whereas fisheries beyond this limit within the EEZ fall in the jurisdiction of the Central Government. Among the thirteen States / Union territories, including the two island territories on the east and west coasts, all other States / Union Territories except the Union territory of Puducherry have promulgated Marine Fishing Regulations to regulate the various aspects of Marine fishing like registration of vessels, issuing fishing licences to them and enforcing measures aimed at conservation of the rich marine resources as well as their sustainable exploitation. In the absence of such a regulation in our Union Territory, all these measures could not be properly implemented and hence the need to introduce a legislation for the purpose.
The draft Bill therefore seeks to achieve the above objects.
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