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l?egistralton of vessels.-( l) The owner of <.very vessel used or 1nteuded to be used for purposes of fishing and kept 1n the State, not being a fidung vessel registt red under section I 1 of th·~ Mari11c Product' Export 1Jc\~ cloplnent Authority Act, 1972 ( Ce.11tral Act 13 of 1972), shall register <:uch vessel under this Act. (2) Every application for registration of such vessel shall be made C by the owner thereof to the aut hot 1sed o61rcr 1n such form, and shall be · accon1panied by such fees, as n1ay be pres( rtbcd- (a) before the expiration of one month from the date on which he first became the owner of such vessel ; or (b) before the expiration of three months fron1 the commencemc:-.1-. of this Act, \V h Ichcvcr is later : I .. • • 55 Provided that the authorised ofliccr may, for sufficient redson to be , ccot ded in writing, extend the ttme-limit for regi)tration by suc'l period n~ he think~ fit. (3) The authorised officer c;halJ issue to the O\vner of the vessel registered by him a certificate of registration 1n the pt r')cribed form and shnll enter in a register to he kept by him, in such form as may be prc'icribcd, the particulars of c;uch certificate. ( 4) Rcgistt ,1t ion once made shall continue to he in force until it is cJnccllcd by the authorised officer. (5) Every vessel rcgtstered under this section shall carry a r~gistrahon tna rk, assigned to it by the ~uthoriscd officer, d1splaycrl in the prescribed manner. (6) No vessel, other than a regic;tercd fishing ve.~c;el, shall be entitled to a licence under section 6 . l 0. Jrzjorn1alton to be gtven to author,tsed office' about 1novenzent of ftshuzg vesse[t;.- Where u registered fishing vessel move~ fron1 the area of one port to the area of another port, the ov~ner of such fishi n~ vessel shclll giv(! information to that c:fl ret, in the IH es<,ribed rna nuer, to rhc authoz iscd ofJiccr by '"'hom ~ucla lishing vessel was 1 egi}tercd and also to th(: J>ort Officer havJng jut J5»dicuou uvt•r the area whereto ~uch fishing vc~<;cl h1s been moved. I l . /lPtu1ns to be made by owner~ nf regt\fercd jBhtng Ufs~c[<;.-( 1) Every owner of a rcgis•et ed fishing vcs~t·l sh,dl furu1~h to the authorhed officer at lht~ ptescrJbed tir;le anu in thC' prc~CilhcJ Jn,lnncr ~uch return~ as Jnav bt; 1 H'<'~cri l )ed. (2) 1·he .tul hor1scd office1 rnay inspc·ct any rcgi~tcred fishing vcs~cJ .lt uuv t itne to verjfy 1 he accuracy of any rchn n m,1c.lc under th1s ~cction. 1 ~. lf .. znalzty of 01ders under sectzous 6, 8, and 9 -J~v( ' l y dt~ct~ton of tlu; aut hori~cd officer under sect ton G, sect ton B ot· ~ectt•lu 9, gr,tntutg or 1 efu~ing to grant Jicencc fot c.~ fish1ng ve~!>el or Cc.Lilcclliug, ~u..,pcndar,g, v arytng or ,lmcndtng ~uch ltccncc or registering, 01 < clHCCJlJng tJtr: tcgt~tratron of, ,t ves,cl 11hall, ~ubjccl to any right of appeal under c;ect1on 13, be final. I :i. ,Jpflea!J agauzst orders rejusuzg grant of lzcencr, etc.-( I) Any person agg1 icvcd hy cln order of (he au thOfl'>Cd officer rcfu',•ng tO grant liC<'DCe for ,l fl,hing vessel or cancclllng, su~pending, vary1ng or amending such licence or t t ru~ing to 1 rgi~tcr a vessel or cancelling the 1 cgi~tra 1011 of such ves£el may \Vithin thi't ty <.ldys ftom tl~~ date on vvhich tlu· order is co~nn)unicatcd to him,, prcft!r an appedl to_ such authority as 1nay be prescribed (hereaft~r in this "~ ct ~ .. ~~. n:fLrrcd to a' the appellate autl1or1ty) : .. P ~·uvh ed that the appellate authortty may .entGrtain thr appeal aftc:r , ht 'x,1iry of th(· saicl per1od of thirty day~ 1f it i~ satisfied that the appellant ''·'! pt even ted by sufficient cau~c fro n1 filing the appeal jn tirne. • 56 (2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-c;ectton ( 1 ), the appellate authority shall, after giVing the app~llant a teasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thc1 eon as It dcen1"' fit a~ e"XpedtllOusly as pos~Jb)c. {3) Every order pas~cd by the appellate authoritY under this ~ection 0 shall be final. CHAPTER Ill Penalties