This is the oldest fisheries regulation protecting the rights of fishing in private waters. Offences committed under this Act are considered as ‘cognizable offences’ as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. This Act also secures the rights of landowners who are not interested to lend their land for shrimp farming. However, it is in conflict with the Shrimp Mohal Management Policy of 1992 which authorises the government to declare an area as shrimp jolmohal.