Section 20:
Power to prohibit or control imports and exports of marine products.
(1) The Central
Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make provision for prohibiting, restricting
or otherwise controlling the import or export of marine products, either generally or in specified classes of
cases.
(2) All marine products to which any order under sub-section (1) applies, shall be deemed to be
goods of which the import or export has been prohibited under section 11 of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and all the provisions of that Act shall have effect accordingly.
(3) If any person contravenes any order made under sub-section (1), he shall, without prejudice to
any confiscation or penalty to which he may be liable under the provisions of the Customs
Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), as applied by sub-section (2), be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.