Office Memorandum No. 3258/2019/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 14th January, 2019 on fishing in a reservoir [C17-G7G]
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No. 3258/2019/HD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Home Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 14th January, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Fishing in a reservoir by licensees of a fishery in a reservoir under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which fishing in a reservoir by licensees of a fishery in a reservoir is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.
2. The matter has been examined. Every licensee of a fishery in a reservoir carrying on fishing in a reservoir shall make an application in Form C to the Canal Officer within seven days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which fishing in a reservoir is undertaken, and the Canal Officer shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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