Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) 'If the State Government is of the opinion that any fishery with or without the adjoining lands in any area is needed or is likely to be needed for a public purpose, the State Government may, by order in writing, requisition such fishers- awl all lands within the area and may make such further order or orders as appear to it to be necessary or expedient in connection with the requisitioning. (2) A Collector, when authorised by the State Govern- ment in this behalf, may exercise within his jurisdiction the powers conferred by sub-section (1). (3)- An order under sub-section (1) shall be served in the prescribed manner on all owners and occupiers of the fishery and the lands. (4) If any person fails to comply with an order made under sub-section (1), the Collector or any person authoris- ed by him in writing in this behalf, shall execute the order in such manner as he considers expedient and may,— (a) if he is a Magistrate, enforce the delivery of possession of the fishery and the lands in respect of which the order has been made, to himself, or (b) if he is not a Magistrate, apply to a Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall enforce the delivery of possession of such fishery and lands to him.