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Authorisation of officers {o1 the purposes of any provision of this Act.- The Government may, by notification in the Gazette> authorise- (a) any officer of the Government, not being an officer below the rank of a Gazetted officer; or (b) any offic~r of the Central Government, not being an officer below the rank of a Gazetted officer or a commissioned officer in the anned A. force> of the Union, with the consent of that Governnent, 'f;J to eXf!rcise the powers conferred on, and dtscharge the duties imposed upon, an authorised officer under this Act in such area a<; n1ay be specified in the ~ not ificat1on. CHAPTER II Regulation of fishiug