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(I) The State Government may, at any time when any requisitioned fishery with or without any lands continues to be subject to requisition under section 4, acquire such fishery and lands by publishing in, the Official Gazette a notice to the effect that such Government has decided to acquire such fishery and lands in pursuance of this section : Provided that before issuing such notice, the State Government shall call upon the owner and any other person who may be interested in such fishery and lands, to show The West Bengal Fisheries (Requisition, and Acquisition) 3 Act, 1965. xx of 1965.1 (Sections 6, 7.) cause within forty-five days why the. fishery and the lands .should not be so acquired, and after considering the cause, if any, shown and after giving the parties an opportunity 'of being heard, the State Government may pass such order as it deems fit. • (2) -When a notice as' aforesaid is published in the Official Gazette, the requisitioned fishery and the lands, if any, shall, on and from the beginning of the day on which the notice is so published, vest absolutely in the State Govern- ment free from all encumbrances and the, period of requisition of such fishery and lands shall end. (3) A Collector when authorised by the State Government in this behalf, may exercise within his jurisdiction the powers conferred by sub-section (1).