Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Whenever it appears that adequate arrangements have been made by any club or association for preserving and protecting in any water any non-indigenous variety of fish specified by the Government by notification in the Gazette, the Government may by order in writing concede to such club or association the exclusive right of taking such fish in such water within such limits and for such period and subject to such conditions as the Government may deem fit. (2) Any club or association to which such right has been conceded may, subject to the approval of the Government, make rules for the protection and preservation of the fish to which the concession applies, and for regulating the manner in which they may be taken. Such rules when approved by the Government shall be published in the Gazette, (3) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by the last preceding sub-section, such rules may- (a) provide for the issue of licenses by the club or association (either in addition to or in substitution for the licenses prescribed by Section 9) enabling the licensees to fish for and take the fish to which the concession applies subject to the rules of the club or association; (b) prescribe the fees chargeable on the issue of such licenses; (c) provide for the application of such fees; and (d) prescribe a close season for the fish with regard to which the concession was given.