law: Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005
  13. Registration for Coastal Aquaculture. -
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  otherwise provided in this section, no person shall carry on, or cause to be
  
  carried on, coastal aquaculture in coastal area or traditional coastal
  
  aquaculture in the traditional coastal aquaculture farm which lies within the
  
  Coastal Regulation Zone referred to in sub-section (9) and is not used for
  
  coastal aquaculture purposes on the appointed day unless he has registered his
  
  farm with the Authority under sub-section (5) or in pursuance of sub-section
  
  (9), as the case may be.
  2.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), a person engaged in coastal aquaculture,
  
  immediately before the appointed day, may continue to carry on such activity
  
  without such registration for a period of three months from that day and if he
  
  makes an application for such registration under sub-section (4) within the
  
  said period of three months, till the communication to him of the disposing of
  
  such application by the Authority.
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  registration made under sub-section (5) or in pursuance of sub section (9)-
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    shall be valid for a period of five years;
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    may be renewed from time to time for a like period; and
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    shall be in such form and shall be subject to such conditions as
  
  may be specified by the regulations.
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  who intends to carry on coastal aquaculture shall make an application for
  
  registration of his farm before the Authority in such form accompanied with
  
  such fees as may be prescribed for the purpose of registration under
  
  sub-section (5).
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  receipt of an application for registration of a farm under sub-section (4), the
  
  Authority shall consider the application in the prescribed manner and after
  
  considering the application either register the farm or reject the application:
  
  
  Provided that the Authority shall not reject the application
  
  without recording the reason for such rejection.
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  Authority shall, after registering a farm under sub-section (5), issue a
  
  certificate of registration in the prescribed form to the person who has made
  
  the application for such registration.
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  case of a farm comprising more than two hectares of water spread area, no
  
  application for registration to commence any activity connected with coastal
  
  aquaculture shall be considered under sub-section (5) unless the Authority,
  
  after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, is satisfied that registration of
  
  such farm shall not be detrimental to the coastal environment.
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  anything contained in this section, -
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    no coastal aquaculture shall be carried on within two hundred
  
  metres from High Tide Lines; and
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    no coastal aquaculture shall be carried on in creeks, rivers and
  
  backwaters within the Coastal Regulation Zone declared for the time being under
  
  the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986:
  Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply in the case
  
  of a coastal aquaculture farm which is in existence on the appointed day and to
  
  the non-commercial and experimental coastal aquaculture farms operated or
  
  proposed to be operated by any research institute of the Government or funded
  
  by the Government:
  Provided further that the Authority may, for the purposes of
  
  providing exemption under the first proviso, review from time to time the
  
  existence and activities of the coastal aquaculture farms and the provisions of
  
  this section shall apply on coastal aquaculture farms in view of such review.
  Explanation:-For the purposes of this sub-section, "High Tide
  
  Line" means the line on the land up to which the highest water line
  
  reaches during the spring tide.
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  anything contained in this section, any traditional coastal aquaculture farm
  
  which lies within the Coastal Regulation Zone declared by the notification of
  
  the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (Department
  
  of Environment, Forests and Wildlife) No. S.O. 114(E), dated the 19th
  
  February, 1991 and is not used for coastal aquaculture purposes on the
  
  appointed day shall be registered under sub-section (3) by producing before the
  
  Authority, by the person who is the owner of such farm, the documentary proof
  
  of such ownership failing which such farm shall not be registered under
  
  sub-section (5) and if such person after such registration does not utilise
  
  such farm, within one year, for coastal aquaculture purposes, the registration
  
  shall be cancelled by the Authority.
  10.   A person,
  
  who intends to renew the registration of a farm made under sub section (5) or
  
  in pursuance of sub-section (9), may make an application within two months
  
  before the expiry of such registration to the Authority in the prescribed form
  
  accompanied with the prescribed fees and the Authority shall, after receiving
  
  such application, renew the registration and for such purpose make an entry
  
  with its seal on the registration certificate relating to such form issued
  
  under sub-section (6)
  11.   The Authority
  
  may refuse to renew the registration of a farm under sub-section (10) if the
  
  Authority is satisfied that the person to whom such registration is made has
  
  failed to utilise such farm for coastal aquaculture purposes or without any
  
  reasonable cause has violated any provision of this Act or the rules or
  
  regulations made there under or any direction or order made by the Authority in
  
  pursuance of section 11:
  Provided that such refusal to renew the registration shall not be
  
  made without providing such person an opportunity of being heard.
  Explanation1:-For the purposes of this section, "appointed
  
  day" means the date of establishment of the Authority.
  Explanation 2:-For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared
  
  that the expression "to renew the registration" used in sub-sections
  
  (10) and (77) shall be construed to include further renewal of the
  
  registration.