5. Amendment of section 49 of the principal enactment

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Section 49 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for all the words from “shall be guilty of an offence”

to the end of that section, of the following: -

“shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a

Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than the amounts specified in Column II of the Schedule hereto which shall be determined by taking into consideration the length of the fishing boat specified in corresponding entry in the Column

I of the said Schedule:-

SCHEDULE

Column I

Column II

Length of a boat

Fines 10.3 to less than 15 meters Rupees 50,000 15 to less than 24 meters

Rupees 100,000 24 to less than 45 meters

Rupees 500,000 45 to 75 meters

Rupees 1 Million

More than 75 meters

Rupees 5 Million.”.

(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (4) of that section of the following subsection: -

“(4A). Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (4), any person who is a party to a fishing dispute not involving a fishing boat fails to appear before an authorized officer when summoned to do so under subsection (2) of section 44 or being a party to a settlement not involving a fishing boat entered under subsection (3) of section 44 fails to comply with the terms of such settlement shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand rupees.”.

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