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In section 6 of the Principal Act,- rection 0, (a) for the proviso to ,sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be substituted, namely : - "Provided that no person so i~rrcstecl shall be detained loilge!. than may be necessary Tor bringing him befosc- a .J~idicial Magistrate escept under a n order of the Magistrate for his detention according to the provisions of the Code of Cri- minal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974).!'; (b) for sub-section (3), the follo\ving sub-section shall be substi- tuted, namely :- "(3) All Fi,shery Oficers sliall havc the snme po\vers of scnr.ch, seizure and investigations in respect of an ,offence under this Act as a police oficer of the rank of a Sub-Inspecto:. has under the provisions the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (NO. 2 of 1974).". Amendment of