https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168871 Section 13 of the Maritime Zones of India Act, 1981 was construed as making confiscation mandatory after conviction for offences under sections 10, 11 or 12. Reading that provision with the scheme of the Act, the permit regime and the rules governing foreign fishing vessels, the phrase "shall also be liable to confiscation" was held to impose a compulsory statutory consequence, not a discretionary power. The court therefore has no authority to release the offending vessel on mitigating grounds once guilt is recorded. The charterer was treated as the owner for this purpose, and the confiscation extends to the vessel, gear, stores, cargo and fish. en-us Wed, 13 Jan 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168871 Section 13 of the Maritime Zones of India Act, 1981 was construed as making confiscation mandatory after conviction for offences under sections 10, 11 or 12. Reading that provision with the scheme of the Act, the permit regime and the rules governing foreign fishing vessels, the phrase "shall also be liable to confiscation" was held to impose a compulsory statutory consequence, not a discretionary power. The court therefore has no authority to release the offending vessel on mitigating grounds once guilt is recorded. The charterer was treated as the owner for this purpose, and the confiscation extends to the vessel, gear, stores, cargo and fish. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Jan 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168871