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Fishermen's welfare societies - ( 1) 'fhe Government shall, by nottfi· cation in the Gazette, constitute a fishennen's welfare society for each fisheries . viJJage by such name as may be specified Jn the notification. (2) Every society shall be a body cotporate by the name under which it is constituted, having perpetual tuccession and a common seal, with power . o acquire, hold and di~po3e of property, both movable and immovable, entet into contracts, lJlStttute and defend ~u1ts and other legal proceedings and to do all thangs necessary for the purposec; for which it i~ con~tituted. 5 Members of societies.-(!) Every fisher1nan who permanently resides in a fisheries village or cat ries on fishing op~rations from or within a fisheries village and who- (a) has attained the age of eighteen years, and • 0 0 • , 31 ' (b) is not of unsound mind, shall be dremcd to be a member of the society constituted for that fisheries village. (2) The Fisheries Officer s ~all, su bj{'ct to ~uch 1 u lcs a~ may b•: made in this behalf, prepare and publish in the pr('scrJhccln\::tnn~r a !1st of fi<;herman who are deemed to be n1cmbers ofthc soctcty as on the fir~tday ofSeptembcr of each year : Provided that the Government may dtrctt th~lt in rcspr~ct of any parti· cular year <;uch list shall be prepared vvith rrf~rcncc t' such other date as may be specified in the notificat1on. G E,.pulJlon of tnembers, -( 1) Any n1cn1bcr of ,t society \Vh) has acted adversely to the interests of the society m,Ly be C)(pcJlcd upon a rc~olution of the gcncr(tl body passed at a spcc1al mc<'ting conveJJCd for the purpose by the votes or not less than t\\o-thirds of the total ntunbf;r of n1ctnbcrs present and voting at the meeting. • (2) No (mem bcr shall be C)Cpcllcd under sHbscction (I) \Vithout giving htm cln opportunity to n1akc rcprrscnt,ltions.