State Act

THE KERALA FISHERMEN WELFARE SOCIETIES ACT, 1980

2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "committee" means the committee of a society; (b) "Director" means the Director of Fisheries for the State of Kerala and includes any other officer appointed by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Director under this Act; (c) "fish" includes shell-fish, prawns and lobsters; (d) "Fisheries Officer" means an officer appointed as such by the 1[Kerala State Co-operative Federation for Fisheries Development] for each fisheries village to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Fisheries Officer under this Act; (e) "fisherman" means any person engaged mainly in fishing operations for his livelihood; (f) "fishermen's welfare society" or "society" means a society constituted by the Government under section 4; (g) "fisheries village" means an area declared by the Government under section 3 to be a fisheries village; (h) "fishing operations" includes— (i) fishing by any means, mechanical or otherwise; and (ii) the sale of marine products by members of families of fishermen, by transporting them to different places by headload or cycleload; (i) "marine products" includes fish and shell-fish grown or cultured and caught from any inland waters. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, "inland waters" includes ponds, tanks and reservoirs; (j) "member" means a member of a society; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "president" means the president of the committee of a society; (m) "secretary" means the secretary of the committee of a society; (n) "State" means the State of Kerala.