Section 17
Constitution of fisheries sanctuary
of Fisheries (Adoption) Ordinance, 1994
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(1)
The Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri may, upon receipt of the proposal submitted by the Minister under section 16, by
Order published in the Gazette declare the area of riverine waters described in the notification published under section 15(1), to be a fisheries sanctuary.
(2)
The Order shall—
(a)
provide a name for the fisheries sanctuary;
(b)
stipulate the date on which the fisheries sanctuary shall be constituted;
(c)
state the purpose or objectives for which the fisheries sanctuary is constituted;
(d)
specify the conditions or period during which fishing for any specie of fish or the taking of any aquatic life may be permitted and the persons who may fish in the said area during the prescribed period and under the conditions stipulated;
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(e)
if the fisheries sanctuary is constituted for the purpose of scientific research, the nature of the research to be carried out, by whom and for what purposes; and
(f)
if the area of riverine waters is within a national park or nature reserve or wild life sanctuary, any other conditions or restrictions which the Controller of National Parks and Nature
Reserves or Controller of Wild Life may deem necessary to impose.