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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Fisheries Act, 1897 Section 3

DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context

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Fisheries Act, 1897 Section 3 is part of Fisheries Act, 1897 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) "fish" includes shell-fish;

(2) "fixed engine" means any net, cage, trap or other contrivance for taking fish, fixed in the soil or made stationary in any other way; and (3) "private water" means water which is the exclusive property of any person or in which any person has for the time being an exclusive right of fishery whether as owner, lessee or in any other capacity.

Explanation .--- Water shall not cease to be "private water" within the meaning of this definition by reason only that other persons may have by custom a right of fishery therein.

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Section Section 3 of the Fisheries Act, 1897 (DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context) is reproduced on this page as part of the Fisheries Act, 1897. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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