Section 5

Disqualifications for appointment as member.

The Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005

  • Act 24 of 2005
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • Department of Fisheries
About this Act

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Coastal Aquaculture Authority for regulating the activities connected with coastal aquaculture in the coastal areas and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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    A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a member if he--
         (a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or
         (b) is an undischarged insolvent; or
         (c) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
         (d) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a Corporation owned or controlled by the Government; or
         (e) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, such financial or other interest in the Authority as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member.

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