“21-A. Civil Court not to decide questions under this Act.- No civil Court shall have jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question which is by or under this Act required to be decided or dealt with by any authority or officer mentioned in this Act.”.
Insertion of new section 21-A
21. In section 26 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),-
(1) in clause (d), for the expression "cancelling or suspending the certificate of registration", the expression "cancelling or suspending the certificate of registration or in registering a unit under section 10-A or cancelling or suspending the certificate of registration of unit" shall be substituted;
(2)for clauses (e) and (ee), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
(e) the form of the application for registration of a fishing vessel under section 10 or registration of a unit under section 10-A, the particulars which such application shall contain, the fees which shall accompany the application, the form of the certificate of registration, the form of the register referred to in that section;
(ea) the number and description of sea safety, surveillance and communication system to be carried by a fishing vessel;
(eb) the procedure to be followed by the inspection officer in conducting inspection and issuing certificate under section 7 and section 10 and the procedure to be followed to enter, search and seize the fishing vessel or gear under sub-section (1) of section 15.".
(3) for clause (I), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-
(l) the prohibition or regulation of the use of fishing gear;
(m) the regulation of the dimension and kind of gear to be used and the mode of using them;
(n) the prohibition of fishing in the specified area;
(o) the prohibition the use of any dynamite or other explosive substance, poison or noxious materials to catch or destroy the fish;
(p) manner of sea ranching of any fish in the specified Amendmen t of section 26 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY area;
(q) manner of installation of artificial reef and Fish Aggregating Device (FAD);
(r) any other matter which is to be, or may be, provided for by rules under this Act;
(3) in sub-section (3), for the expression "Every rule made under this Act or notification issued under section 5", the expression "Every rule made or every notification issued under this Act" shall be substituted.".
Amendment of Schedule
22. In the Schedule to the principal Act, in the heading, for the expression "three nautical miles", the expression "five nautical miles" shall be substituted.
(By Order of the Governor) S.S. POOVALINGAM Secretary to Government (in-charge), Law Department.