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Notification no. 3920/XII-E-3-21(6)-73 (565), dated December 20,1974. 21 [The United Provinces Fisheries Act, 1948] [Section 3] (v) "private waters" means waters which are the exclusive property of any person or religious body or institution or in which any person or religious body or institution has for the time being an exclusive right of fishery, whether as owner, lessee or in any other capacity, and includes tanks, ponds, artificial lakes, etc., excavated at the expense of the owner which have no communication in the rainy seasons with natural waters, such as rivers, canals, streams and jhils. Explanation-Water shall not cease to be "private waters" within the meaning of this definition if any other person has by usage or custom a right of fishery therein; (vi) "State Government” means the Government of Uttar Pradesh; (vii) "religious institution" means a temple, a mosque or a church, any other shrine dedicated to any god or goddess, and such other institutions 'as the State Government may by notification in the Gazette declare in that behalf; (viii) "religious body" means the trustees or any other persons who are in charge of a religious institution or in whom the ownership of the religious institution vests for the time being; (ix) "religious waters" means waters belonging to a religious body or institution and which have never been fished before on account of any restrictions on religious grounds. Prohibition and licensing of fishing in selected waters by rules