Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Act 2013 · As enacted
7. Insertion of new sections 16A and 16B in the principal enactment
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 16 and shall have effect respectively as sections 16A and 16B, of the principal enactment:—
16A. The Director-General may, where he has reasonable grounds to believe that any person is engaged in carrying out unlawful fishing operations in waters within the jurisdiction of another State, and the fishing boat used for such operations is a local fishing boat registerd under section 15, he may, after affording such person or the owner, as the case may be, an opportunity of being heard—
cancel or suspend for such period as may be determined by him, the registration of such boat as a local fishing boat under section 15; and
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“Cancellation or suspension of registration of fishing boats and the licence for fishing operations.
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cancel or suspend any licence issued in respect of that fishing boat, under section 6 or section 14A, as the case may be, authorizing the licensee to engage in any prescribed fishing operations in Sri Lanka waters or the
High Seas, as the case may be.
16B. Where the owner of a registered fishing boat requests the Director-General, in writing, to cancel the registration of a fishing boat which is registered in his name, as he does not intend to use such fishing boat for the purpose of fishing in Sri Lanka waters or the High Seas after a specified date, the Director-General shall after satisfying himself on the fact that such fishing boat will not be used for the purpose of fishing in Sri Lanka waters or the High Seas, cancel the registration of such fishing boat. Such cancellation shall be effective from the date as is specified by him. He shall also inform the owner of the fact of cancellation in writing.”.