Act Info:
Preamble1 - THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Central Pollution Control Board
Section4 - State Pollution Control Board
Section5 - Constitution of State Boards
Section6 - Central Board of exercise the powers and perform the functions of a State Board in the Union territories
Section7 - Terms and conditions of service of members
Section8 - Disqualifications
Section9 - Vacation of seats by members
Section10 - Meetings of Board
Section11 - Constitution of committees
Section12 - Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes
Section13 - Vacancy in Board not to invalidate acts or proceedings
Section14 - Member-secretary and officers and other employees of State Boards
Section15 - Delegation of powers
Chapter III Section16 - Functions of Central Board
Section17 - Functions of State Boards
Section18 - Power to give directions
Chapter IV Section19 - Power to declare air pollution control areas
Section20 - Power to give instructions for ensuring standards for emission from automobiles
Section21 - Restrictions on use of certain industrial plants
Section22 - Persons carrying on industry, etc., not to allow emission of air pollutants in excess of the standards laid down by State Board
Section22A - Power of Board to make application to court for restraining persons from causing air pollution
Section23 - Furnising of information to State Board and other agencies in certain cases
Section24 - Power of entry and inspection
Section25 - Power of obtain information
Section26 - Power to take samples of air or emission and procedure to be followed in connection therewith
Section27 - Reports of the result of analysis on samples taken under section 26
Section28 - State Air Laboratory
Section29 - Analysts
Section30 - Reports of analysts
Section31 - Appeals
Section31A - Power to give directions
Chapter V Section32 - Contributions by Central Government
Section33 - Fund of Board
Section33A - Borrowing powers of Board
Section34 - Budget
Section35 - Annual Report
Section36 - Accounts and audit
Chapter VI Section37 - Failure to comply with the provisions of section 21 or section 22 or with the directions issued under section 31A
Section38 - Penalties for certain acts
Section39 - Penalty for contravention of certain provisions of the Act
Section40 - Offences by companies
Section41 - Offences by Government Department
Section42 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section43 - Cognizance of offences
Section44 - Members, officers and employees of Board to be public servants
Section45 - Reports and returns
Section46 - Bar of jurisdiction
Chapter VII Section47 - Power of State Government to supersede State Board
Section48 - Special provision in the case of supersession of the Central Board or the State Boards constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
Section49 - Dissolution of State Boards constituted under the Act
Section50 - Power to amend the Schedule
Section51 - Maintenance of register
Section52 - Effect of other laws
Section53 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section54 - Power of State Government to make rules
Schedule1 - THE SCHEDULE