This Act amends the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2016. Minor changes deal with the following issues: In section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2016, for sub-section (2), the following subsection shall be substituted, namely:— “(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of the Act.”. In section 5 of the Amendment Act, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) in sub-section (3), for the expression “three nautical miles” in three places where it occurs, the expression “five nautical miles” shall be substituted”. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(2) of Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Tamil Nadu Act 18 of 2017), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints the 14th day of June 2018, as the date on which clause (5) of Section 3 in so far as it relates to the definition of the term "mechanized fishing vessel" and clause (1) of Section 5 of the Act, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation (Amendment) Amendment Act, 2017 (Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 2017) shall come into force.
India · 2017-07-26