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Pre. No. RF. 2345284

Dated the 15th April, 1953

No. RF. 2345284 - In exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 155 and 156 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (I of 1886) and by Section 6 of the Indian fisheries Act, 1897 (N of 1897), the Governor of Assam is pleased to make after previous publication the following rules for the settlement of fisheries in supersession of all previous rules in this behalf

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1. Published in the Assam Gazette, part IIA, dated 22nd April, 1953.

R.1 Definition. -

1. Definition. -

In these rules, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context -

(a) the term fishery means the waters declared to be a fishery by proclamation issued under Section 16 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (I of 1886) and includes Kheos or fish ways, Dabas and Beels; and fish includes shell-fish and turtles;

(b) the term year means twelve months from the 1st April, to 31st March.

R.2 Register of fisheries. -

2. Register of fisheries. -

A register of Government fishery (including navigable rivers which are public property), must be kept up by each District and Sub-Divisional Officer in Form No. 97 of the Assam Land Revenue Manual, Volume II and no alteration in the registers, whether by the addition or removal of the fisheries, or revision of fishery boundaries, may be made without the previous sanction of Government.

R.3 Procedure for Sale of fisheries. -

3. Procedure for Sale of fisheries. -

(a) The Deputy Commissioner or the Additional Deputy Commissioner in case of Sadar Sub-Divisions and the Sub-Divisional Officers in case of other Sub-Divisions shall annually fix a date, ordinarily not later than the 15th February, for the sale of all registered fisheries held under leases expiring on the last day of the current year or which at the last previous auctions were reserved from sale under Rule 9. The date fixed shall be proclaimed by the Deputy Commissioner or the Additional Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer at least a month in advance by a written notice in Form No. 101 of the Assam Land Revenue Manual, Volume II, posted at the Sadar or Sub-Divisional Cutchery as the case may be and at the Munsiff and Police Station within the local limits of which the fishery or any part of it is situated. The notice shall state the name of the fishery, the Mouza or Pargana within which it

R.4 Place of sale. -

4. Place of sale. -

The place of sale shall be the Sadar Cutchery of the district for fisheries in the Sadar Sub-Division and Sub-Divisional Cutchery for fisheries in other Sub-Divisions.

R.5 Conditions of Sale.

5. Conditions of Sale. -

The following conditions of sale shall be specified in the notice and shall be proclaimed before the sale begins -

(1) The Officer conducting the sale does not bind himself to accept the highest [tender] ² or any [tender] ².

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2. Substituted for the word bid vide Notification No. VFR. B127/71/55, dated 1^ST June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971.]

[(2) Conditions of Sale of fisheries -

(a) Any tenderers including Co-operative Societies formed by Communities other than members of actual fishermen belonging to Scheduled Castes or members of Maimal Community of the District of Cachar shall, immediately after the acceptance of their tenders, furnish in cash, as security a sum equal to twenty-f

R.6 .

6. When for default of furnishing the additional security mentioned in Rule 5(2) or of executing a counter-part under Rule 5(3) the fishery has to be put up to sale a second time, at the risk of the first purchaser notice of sale shall be given as in the case of an original sale, with the additional, proviso that the re-sale shall be at the risk of and on account of the first purchaser.

R.7 Lease. -

7. Lease. -

When the sale has been concluded, a lease and counter-part shall be interchanged in forms Nos. 98 and 99 of the Assam Land Revenue manual, Volume II.

R.8 [“8. Settling Authority. -

[“8. Settling Authority. -

(a) The Deputy Commissioners or the Additional Deputy Commissioners in case of Sadar Sub-Divisions shall be the authorities for settlement of all registered fisheries under tender system of sale in their respective jurisdiction.

(b) Extension of the term of lease. -

(i) Where........... the period of lease of registered fisheries being ordinarily not less than three years is interfered with, due to any natural cause or for any unavoidable reasons beyond the control of the lessees, Government may extend the period of such lease supported in exceptionally special cases for a reasonable period so as to enable such lessees to make good the loss;

(ii) The State Government may also on the recommendation of the Director of fisheries extend the period of lease of the fishery with an intending pisciculturist who should invariably be the sitting lesse

R.9 Fisheries not sold -

9. Fisheries not sold -

If the highest [tender]¹ for any registered fishery is less than ten rupees, such fishery shall be reserved from sale until the ensuing year, unless in the meantime a [tender]¹ of not less than ten rupees is made for it fisheries thus reserved may be declared open to the public by the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer at the conclusion of the sale with the proviso that they will be sold whenever a sufficient bid is made for them.

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1. Substituted for the work bid vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, date 1^ST June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary), of August 7, 1971.

R.10 .

10. In the Assam Valley, the Deputy Commissioner and the Sub-Divisional Officers are authorized to abstain from leasing any fishery or groups of fisheries for which the [tender]¹ is below Rs. 50 unless there are special reasons for leasing them, but this Rs. 50 limit would not apply in the case of fisheries which are farmed in the interest of sport, to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of fish.

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1. Substituted for the work bid vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, date 1^ST June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary), of August 7, 1971.

R.11 Appeal against order of the [settling]2 Authority -

“11. Appeal against order of the [settling]² Authority -

All appeals against the orders of the [settling]² authority passed under these Rules shall lie to the Assam Board of Revenue. Appeals must be preferred within thirty days of the date of such orders”.

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2. Substituted for the words Confirming; vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/76, dated 27th October, 1973.

Note (1) - Before substitution of Rules 11 read as follows-

"11. Appeal. - An appeal shall lie against an order of a Deputy Commissioner or a Sub-Divisional Officer passed under these rules to the Assam Board of Revenue within thirty days of the date of such order:

Provided that in those cases where orders of settlement were appealable after confirmation by Divisions before coming into force of Notification

R.12 .

12. Except those referred to in sub-rule No. 8(b) above, all registered fisheries shall be settled under the tender system of sale in place of scale by auction] ¹.

[Provided that the State Government may settle any registered fishery otherwise than under tender system with fishery Co-operative Society formed with 100 per cent actual fishermen of the fishing population in the neighbourhood of the fishery concerned and belonging to the Scheduled Caste of the State or Maimal Community of the Cachar District at a revenue calculated and for a period decided by the State Government from time to time.]²

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1. Substituted Rules 12, vide Notification No. VRF. 127/71/55, dated 1^St June, 1971 [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary), of August 7, 1971.]

Note (1) - Before substitution of Rule

R.13 Settlement of fisheries with Co-operative Societies -

[13. Settlement of fisheries with Co-operative Societies -

(a) with the prior approval of the State Government not more than 60 per cent of fisheries in a Sub-Division available for settlement in a year shall be selected for sale under tender system only with the Co-operative fishery Societies formed with 100 per cent share holders from member of actual fishermen belonging to Scheduled Caste of the State and or Maimal Community of the District of Cachar and registered under the Assam Co-operative Societies Act' 1949. Settlement of all such fisheries tenders of which have been accepted under Rule 5 shall be with the highest tender.

(b) The remaining fisheries in the Sub-Division available in that year under tender system of sale, shall remain open for settlement to all communities including Co-operative Societies as referred to in sub-rule (a) above.

(c) A Co-operative fishery Society formed b

R.14 Settlement of fisheries as land -

14. Settlement of fisheries as land -

Fisheries cannot be settled as land. In Cachar, however, small, i.e. second class fisheries which adjoin settled land shall be entered in a separate register in the Deputy Commissioner's Office and not included in the ordinary Jamabandis. The lease for such fisheries is in a special form sanctioned at time of re-settlement. fisheries which have silted up shall be settled as waste land under the ordinary rules. As by the terms of the lease the rights of the lessees extend to fishing only, they cannot acquire the status of a land holder.

R.15 Fishing right in Cachar-

15. Fishing right in Cachar-

The fishing rights in Cachar dealt with in Rule 14 shall be valued by the Settlement Officer and the Mahal shall be settled to the best advantage with any candidate who will undertake to collect the rates per net and basket hitherto in force. These rates shall be recorded, and it shall be a condition of the settlement that the holder of the Mahal shall not exact more. Another condition should be that he shall allow the continuance of the right of fishing to all who have hitherto enjoyed it, but shall not permit its extension to outsiders. Leases of such fisheries are exempt from the payment of stamp duty.

Fisheries of the River Barak or any other area which exceeds the limits of a single Mouza must be entered on the fishery list and leased by auction, the income being credited in this case to Miscellaneous Revenue [“Provided that the Settlement Officer shall submit the settlement propos

R.15(a) *15-A. -

*15-A. -

The fisheries in the upper reaches of the River Barak and its tributaries in the District of Cachar which are determined to be breeding grounds shall be declared by the Deputy Commissioner to be reserved fisheries by a notification in the Official Gazette specifying their boundaries with the previous sanction of the State Government. Such reserved fisheries shall be settled by the Deputy Commissioner in public auction subject to the following special conditions which shall be specified in the notice and shall be proclaimed before the sale begins and inserted in the lease -

(i) that construction of Dams and weirs shall be prohibited;

(ii) that the minimum size of the mesh of the fishing net shall not be less than 4 square;

(iii) that the use of the Mahajal or Berjal, for the purpose of catching fish shall not be permitted;

(iv) that th

R.16 Remission of fishery revenue -

16. Remission of fishery revenue -

Notwithstanding any provision in the condition of the fishery lease, remissions of fishery revenue may be granted in exceptional cases by the Deputy Commissioner up to the extent of Rs. 50 in anyone case, and by the Commissioner of Plains Division up to the extent of Rs. 500 in anyone case, provided the Officer authorized to grant the remission is satisfied that the refusal of remission will cause serious hardship to lessee. A remission of revenue to the extent of more than Rs. 500 in anyone case will require the sanction of the State Government.

R.17 fishing without authority-

17. fishing without authority-

All fishing, without a lease previously obtained from the Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned or such other Officer as he may appoint for the purpose, in the fisheries of the province proclaimed under Section 16 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886, is prohibited. Any person fishing in the proclaimed waters must carry his lease or an authority from the lessee and produce it when called upon to do so by any Officer duly authorized.

R.18 Protection of fisheries -

18. Protection of fisheries -

No fishery shall be drained dry by the lessee, who shall be required to leave sufficient water for the protection of fish fry and for drinking purposes for cattle. The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer will, in the event of a dispute, fix the volume of water to be maintained in respect of any particular beel and his decision shall be final.

R.19 .

19. The Lessees of beel and tank fisheries must keep their fisheries clear of water hyacinth and other water weeds.

R.20 .

20. fishing in Government fisheries by more than 25 persons at a time for their own consumption, even on payment of the lessees, dues (i.e., 4 Annas per instrument per annum), is prohibited in as much as it is highly detrimental to the interest of both the lessee and the Government. On infringement of this rule the persons at fault shall be liable to the penalties provided in the Rule 22.

R.21 Retting of jute Prohibited -

21. Retting of jute Prohibited -

If any person pollutes by the retting of jute the water of a Government beel fishery proclaimed under Section 16 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation and included in the District Register of fishery, he shall be punishable with fine as prescribed in Rule 22 :

Provided that the lessee of the fishery shall be held responsible for any deterioration of the fishery under his lease due to retting of jute in it -

(i) if he himself rets it or permits others to do so; or

(ii) if he fails to inform the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer as the case may be, when other persons do retting in his fishery.

R.22 Penalties on breach of Rules -

[“22. Penalties on breach of Rules -

(1) Any person contravening any of the provisions of these rules or who fishes, attempts to fish or abets fishing contrary to the above provisions shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to Rupees five thousand but not less that Rupees one thousand and when the breach is a continuing one, to a further fine which may extend to Rupees one hundred for every day, after the date of first conviction, during which the breach is proved to have been persisted in.

(2) If the contravention or breach of any provisions of these rules is committed by the lessee, the lease of such fishery shall be liable to cancellation in the addition to any other penalty such as forfeiture of security deposit and daily recurring fine as provided above if the offence be continued for some time.

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1. Substituted Rule 22 vide Notifi

R.23 Restrictions on the use of nets. -

“23. Restrictions on the use of nets. -

(1) The use of Berjal/Mahajal or Fasijal or any type of net with meshes less than 7 c. m. bar/14 c. m. mesh is prohibited during breeding season beginning from the first day of the month of July, both days inclusive, in any proclaimed fishery:

Provided that this restriction may be relaxed by the State Government for Hisa fishing only.

(2) The use of net with less than 1 c.m. Bar/2 c.m. mesh Mosaijal in size is prohibited in any fishery throughout the year.

Provided that this restriction may be relaxed by the Deputy Commissioner/Sub- Divisional Officer for catching of smaller species like, Mowa, Puthi, Sella, Carati etc., between the first day of the months of May and the fifteenth day of the month of July, both days inclusive.”]¹

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1. Substituted

R.24 .

[24. No movable Bana with gap less than 7 cm sq. shall be used for fishing between the first day of the month of May and the fifteenth day of the months of July, both days inclusive, in any rivers. Dobas or Beels or fisheries.

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1. Substituted Rule 24 vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, dated 1^st June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971)

Note - Before Substitution of Rule 24 read as follows -

24. No moving-ban with gaps less than 2¹/₂ sq. shall be used as net for fishing from the 1st April to the 15th June of the year in rivers, dobas or beels,

R.25 .

25. Bana with less than 7 cm sq gaps fixed at the mouth of Beels or Dobas or at the boundaries of River fisheries by which water is drained out is permissible to be used only during fishing season excepting the period between the first day of the month of May and the fifteenth day of the month of July of the year, both days inclusive.]

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1. Substituted Rule 25 vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, dated 1^st June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971)

Note - Before Substitution of Rule 25 read as follows -

25. Ban with less than 2¹/₂ sq. gaps at the mouth of beels or dobas or at the boundaries of river fisheries by which water is drained out is allowed form the 1^st of September to the end of March only.

Note - 'BAN' is a colloqui

R.26 .

26. Subject to the above rules and with the previous sanction of the State Government, Deputy Commissioner, may prescribe the ease of fishing nets, the fixed engines or other contravances which can be used and the manner in which the fishing operations shall be carried on and may lay down any other conditions which may be considered necessary from time to time. Such conditions shall be specified in the sale notices and shall be proclaimed before the sale begins.

R.27 .

27. Any Magistrate, any Police Officer or any person specially empowered by the State Government under Section 7(1) of the Indian fishery Act, 1897, to arrest any person committing any offence punishable under the aforesaid rules, may seize and remove any net or fixed engine which used in his presence for fishing in the Government fisheries in contravention of these rules. Any person, other than a Magistrate or an Officer-in-charge of a Police Station who under the authority of this rule seizes or remove any net or fixed engine, shall forthwith report the fact to the nearest Magistrate or to the Office-in-Charge of the nearest Police Station and shall make over to the said Magistrate or Officer any net or fixed engine which he has seized and removed.

R.28 .

28. The Magistrate may order the forfeiture of any net or fixed engine proved to have been used for fishing in the Government fisheries in contravention of these rules.

R.29 .

29. (a) Any Magistrate, any Police Officer or any person empowered under Section 7(1) of the Indian fisheries Act, 1897, to make arrests, may seize and remove any fish caught in his presence in the Government fisheries in contravention of these rules.

(b) Any fish so seized by a person, other than a Magistrate or an Office-in-Charge of a Police Station, shall be made over with as little delay as possible to the nearest Magistrate or the nearest Officer-in-Charge of a Police Station.

(c) A Magistrate or Officer-in-Charge of a Police Station who has seized fish, or has received fish seized by an authorized person may, if the fish are likely to go bad before they can be brought to Court, cause them to be sold by auction.

(d) On proof that any fish were unlawfully caught in the Government fisheries the Magistrate may order them to be forfeited to the State Government, and if they have already bee

R.30 Declaration of Sanctuaries

30. Declaration of Sanctuaries -

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any specified water to be a sanctuary for the protection of fish prohibiting all fishing therein for a period not exceeding two years, or declare any period to be a closed season for fishing in any fishery. The period of reservation as to sanctuary may be extended further by notification in the Official Gazette.

R.31 .

31. All fishing in a sanctuary shall be prohibited except for the purpose of pisciculture and on a license containing the terms and conditions issued by the [Officers of the fishery Department not below the rank of Superintendent of fisheries.]¹ On infringement of fishing conditions in a sanctuary the licensee shall be liable to a fine of Rs. 100 for the first offence and for the second offence and security money shall be forfeited and the license cancelled in addition.

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1. Substituted for the words Deputy Commissioner on the recommendation of any fishery Officer or Director of fisheries vide Notification No. RF. 52/57, dated 28th July 1958.

R.32 .

32. Unless otherwise specified as a condition in a license issued under Rule [31]² a license holder shall be permitted to fish with nets of all kinds varying from spawn collecting nets of very fine mesh to nets no portion of which has meshes of more than 1¹/₂ inches form knot or 2 all round. The length of such nets shall not exceed fifty feet in length. Provided that the licensee shall not use at any time more than two of either or any of the gears permitted to him to be used under the rules.

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2. Substituted for the figure 10 vide Notification No. RF. 52/57, dated 28th July, 1958.

R.33 .

33. A license under Rule [“31”]¹ shall not employ of engage any person below the age of 16 to help him with his nets.

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1. Substituted for the figure 10 vide Notification No. RF. 52/57, dated 28th July, 1958.

R.34 .

34.

(i) A license to the authorized person shall be given under Rule [“31”]¹ primarily with the object of catching spawn, fry and fingerlings of major carps and any species other than caught in the operation of the nets allowed under Rule 32;

(ii) Any species other than carps caught in the net may be sold by the licensee in live or dead condition, but carps above fingerling size shall be put back into the water alive immediately after they are caught;

(iii) Carp shall include Row (Rohu), Bahu or Bhakua (Catla), Mirika (mrigal), Nadani (Nadani), Malyi (Kalboae), Kurhi (Kurcha).

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1. Substituted for the figure 10 vide Notification No. RF. 52/57, dated 28th July, 1958.

R.35 .

35. When a closed season is declared by the State Government in any water not person other than the residents of neighbouring Villagers may fish in such water during the period so declared unless he is in possession of a valid license issued by an on such condition as may be fixed by the Director of fisheries, Assam;

Provided that he neighbouring Villagers may fish only with rod and line, hand line, long line or jokai for their own consumption only.

R.36 .

36. The licensee under these rules shall not make any use of poison, lime, dynamite or other noxious or explosive substances with intent thereby to catch or kill fish. On infringement of this rule the licensee shall be punishable under Sections 4 (1) and 5(1) of the Indian fisheries Act, (Act IV of 1897).

R.37 .

37.

(i) Unless expressly allowed by the conditions of his license, a licensee or any person acting on his behalf, shall not erect fixed engines, dams, weirs or divert water for catching any fish.

(ii) All apparatus erected or used in contravention of sub- rule (i) may be seized, removed and forfeited and the license cancelled.

R.38 .

38.

(1) The fishery Officer or any other person authorized under provision of rule [“31”]¹ shall make full arrangement for the keeping alive of fish caught, except where scientific research necessitates the killing of any fish.

(ii) The authorized person shall arrange under the supervision of the fishery Officer for hatchery pits or nursery tanks near the catching centers.

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1. Substituted for the figure 10 vide Notification No. RF. 52/57, dated 28th July, 1958.

R.39 .

39. A licensee under these rules shall be bound to report to an Officer of the fishery branch of the Agriculture Department or the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer any breach of the rules in a declared sanctuary that comes to his knowledge or notice.

R.40 .

40. When a license granted under these rules is lost or destroyed, another license which shall be duplicate copy of the original may be issued free of cost.

R.41 Penalties on breach of Rules-

[“41. Penalties on breach of Rules-

(1) Any person contravening any of the above provisions or who fishes, attempts to fish or abets fishing, contrary to the above provisions, shall be liable to a fine which may extent to rupees five thousand but not less than Rupees one thousand and if the breach is a continuing one, to a further fine which may extend to rupees one hundred for every day during which the offence is continued after the date of the first conviction.

(2) In addition to the penalty as provided above, the nets and all other fishing equipments used in the commission of the offence shall be liable to confiscation.

For a second offence the lease shall be liable to cancellation is addition to any other penalty such as forfeiture of security deposit and daily recurring line as provided above if the offence be contin

R.42 .

42. The Government may from time select any fishery or fisheries to be settled by tender system and instruct Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer to lease them out for any specified periods.

R.43 .

43. On receipt of Government's instruction in any particular year the Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer shall fix a date not later than the 5th February, on which the settlement of the registered fisheries selected by the Government will be made by him after calling for tenders from the public. The date fixed shall be proclaimed by the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer at least a month in advance by a written notice in the form in APPENDIX A posted at the Sadar and Sub-Divisional Cutchery and at the Munsiff and Police Station within the local limits of which the fishery or nay part of it is situated. The notice shall state the name of the fishery the Mouza or Pargana within which it is situated and any other particulars that may be necessary for its identification, the term and price for which it was last settled he term for which it will now be settled and the date, place and conditions of settlement. The contents of the notice should als

R.44 .

44. The place of settlement shall be the Sub-Divisional Cutchery for fisheries lying within an outlying Sub-Division of a District and the Sadar Cutchery of the district for those in the headquarters Sub-Division.

R.45 .

[“45. The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Division Officer, as the case may be, shall open the tenders in the presence of an Advisory Board consisting of not less than 5 persons out of which one member should preferably be from actual fishermen of the Scheduled Castes called at the moment. The selection of members of the Board shall be strictly confidential.”]¹

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1. Substituted Rule “45” vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, dated 1^st June, 1971. [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971.

Note - Before Substitution of Original Rule 45 read as follows -

45. The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer, as the case may be, shall open the tenders in the presence of an Advisory Board consisting of not less than 5 persons call

R.46 .

[“46. fisheries shall be settled to the best advantage and subject to this condition, the agency of the middleman as lessee shall be done away with as far as possible.

(a) A Co-operative fishery Society formed by the actual fishermen belonging to the Scheduled Castes Maimal Community of Cachar/Scheduled Tribes I other Backward Classes and registered under the Assam Cooperative Societies Act, 1949 shall be given option to accept Settlement of fisheries at, the highest tender out of not less than 40 per cent quota, provided that the tender of such a Co-operative Society is within 7¹/₂ per cent of the highest tender.

(b) When the tenders of such Co-operative Societies are below 7 'h per cent of the highest tender,

(i) Cooperative Societies as stated above,

(ii) individual members of actual fishermen belongi

R.47 .

47. When the settlement has been concluded, a lease and counterpart shall be interchanged in Forms Nos. 98 and 99 of the Assam land Revenue Manual, Volume II.

R.48 .

[“48. The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer, with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner shall fix the value of each fishery at, the time of registration. The value once fixed shall not be changed except with the sanction of Government.”]¹

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1. Substituted vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, dated 1^st June, 1971 [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971.]

Note - Before substitution of original Rule 48 read as follows -

48. - The Deputy Commissioner or the Sub-Divisional Officer with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner shall, fix the basic value of each fishery. The value once fixed shall not be changed except with the sanction of Government,

R.49 .

49. In settlements of fisheries under the tender system, the year shall be reckoned as beginning from the 1st April and ending on the 31st March following.

Note - Before substitution of original Rule 48 read as follows -

R.50 .

50. The right of fishing in registered fisheries shall not ordinarily be leased for less than three year.

R.51 .

51. Government may at any time after the expiry of the term of the current settlement stop any fishery previously selected by it from further settlement under tender system and order it to be settled under the auction system.

R.52 .

52. In all matters not covered by the above rules, the settlement shall be subject to the general fishery Rules framed from time to time.

R.53 .

[“53. The amendment of the fishery Rules No. RF 23/45/284, dated 15th April 1953 made by Government Notification No. VFR. 209/70/15, dated 3rd April, 1971 is hereby replaced.”]¹

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1. Added Rule. 53 vide Notification No. VFR. 127/71/55, dated 1^st June, 1971 [Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 7, 1971.]

Note - The Earlier (Amendment) of this rule vide Notification No. VRF. 109/70/15, dated 3rd April, 1971. Published in the Assam Gazette (Extraordinary) of April 5, 1971, not in force by the Gauhati High Court in the Case of Girish Chandra Choudhury v. state of Assam. [Civil Rule No. 247 of 1971 Decided no 7th June, 1971.]

Appe.A .

SALE NOTICE

 

Tenders for settlement of fisheries