Notification No.6637/57-3 /Agri.(Ag.C.4) dated 11th April 1958 published in the Gazette dated 22ne April 1958 Part I page 1236.
Under section 4(1) of the Travancore-Cochin Fisheries Act 1950 (XXXIV of 1950) the Government of Kerala hereby order that the rule issued under Notification No.D.Dis.6153/55/FD.D dated 6th January 1956 shall apply to all canals and other poramboke waters not being private waters in the erstwhile Travancore-Cochin State.
Notification No.40980/F 1.2/65/Agri.Dated, 23rd September 1965 published in Kerala Gazette dated 12/10/1966.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Travancore-Cochin Fisheries Act 1950 (Act XXXIV of 1950) the Government of Kerala hereby declare the period from 15th October to 14th December in each year as a close time for fishing of giant fresh water and Back water prawns (Palaemon species) known as "tIm´bw sIm©v" or "ta{]m¬ sIm©v" in all backwater rivers and poramboke waters of the State.