Fisheries Act, 1980

Instruments of appointment for purposes of Part XVIII of Principal Act.

26.—Every instrument of appointment by the Central Board or a regional board of an officer or other person to be an authorised person for the purposes of Part XVIII of the Principal Act shall be—

(a) prepared and printed in the prescribed form, and

(b) sealed with the seal of the board,

and every document purporting to be such an instrument and to be sealed with the seal of such board as is appropriate in the circumstances shall be admissible in any legal proceedings as prima facie evidence of such appointment.