Section 2(1)(a) in The West Bengal Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1993
(a)"adjudicating officer" means the Director of Fisheries, West Bengal, or any other officer, not below the rank of Assistant Director of Fisheries, authorised by the State Government by notification, to exercise the powers, conferred on, and discharge the duties imposed upon, the adjudicating officer by this Act for such area as may be specified in the notification;