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7. Lease.

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(b) Extension of the term of lease. - (i) Where the period of lease of registered fisheries being ordinarily not less than three years is interfered with, due to any natural cause or for any unavoidable reasons beyond the control of the lessees, Government may extend the period of such lease supported by official reports as to the nature of cause in exceptionally special case for a reasonable period so as to enable such losses to make good the loss.
(ii) The State Government may also, on the recommendation of the Director of Fisheries, extend the period of lease of a fishery with an intending pisciculturist who shall invariably be the sitting lessee and who agrees to accept such an extension at the revenue and for such additional terms and conditions as may be specified by Government:
(c) (i) Development of Fisheries and their consequential settlement. - The State Government on expiry of the term of settlement, may at any time, by a notification in the official Gazette, stop any fishery from further settlement under tender system and vest management of such a fishery with the Director of Fisheries for development. On publication of such notification, the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-divisional Officer, as the case may be, shall hand over the fishery to the Director of Fisheries :
(ii) The State Government may, at any time after constitution of the Assam Fisheries Development Corporation by Notification in the official Gazette, vest management of any of any registered fishery with the Assam Fisheries Development Corporation as considered necessary for the purpose of its development and management. On publication of such Notification, the Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Divisional Officers and the Director of Fisheries, Assam, as the case may be, shall handover such fisheries to the Corporation.
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(e) Re-sale of fisheries. - When for default of kist money or for violation of any of the conditions of the fishery lease including any of the provisions of these rules by a lessee, the fishery shall be put to re-sale under tender system at the risk of original lessee, notice of re-sale shall be given as in the case of the original sale with the additional proviso that the re-sale shall be at the risk of and on account of the original lessee :