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Preamble1 - The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
Chapter1 - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter2 - Regulation of Access to Biological Diversity
Section3 - Certain Persons Not to Undertake Biodiversity Related Activities Without Approval of National Biodiversity Authority
Section4 - Results of Research Not to Be Transferred to Certain Persons Without Approval of National Biodiversity Authority
Section5 - Sections 3 and 4 Not to Apply to Certain Collaborative Research Projects
Section6 - Application for Intellectual Property Rights Not to Be Made Without Approval of National Biodiversity Authority
Section7 - Prior Intimation to State Biodiversity Board for Obtaining Biological Resource for Certain Purposes
Chapter3 - National Biodiversity Authority
Section8 - Establishment of National Biodiversity Authority
Section9 - Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members
Section10 - Chairperson to Be Chief Executive of National Biodiversity Authority
Section11 - Removal of Members
Section12 - Meetings of National Biodiversity Authority
Section13 - Committees of National Biodiversity Authority
Section14 - Officers and Employees of National Biodiversity Authority
Section15 - Authentication of Orders and Decisions of National Biodiversity Authority
Section16 - Delegation of Powers
Section17 - Expenses and Powers of National Biodiversity Authority to Be Defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India
Chapter4 - Functions and Powers of the National Biodiversity Authority
Section18 - Functions and Powers of National Biodiversity Authority
Chapter5 - Approval by the National Biodiversity Authority
Section19 - Approval by National Biodiversity Authority for Undertaking Certain Activities
Section20 - Transfer of Biological Resource or Knowledge
Section21 - Determination of Equitable Benefit Sharing by National Biodiversity Authority
Chapter6 - State Biodiversity Board
Section22 - Establishment of State Biodiversity Board
Section23 - Functions of State Biodiversity Board
Section24 - Power of State Biodiversity Board to Restrict Certain Activities Violating the Objectives of Conservation, Etc.
Section25 - Provisions of Sections 9 to 17 to Apply with Modifications to State Biodiversity Board
Chapter7 - Finance, Accounts and Audit of National Biodiversity Authority
Section26 - Grants or Loans by the Central Government
Section27 - Constitution of National Biodiversity Fund
Section28 - Annual Report of National Biodiversity Authority
Section29 - Budget, Accounts and Audit
Section30 - Annual Report to Be Laid Before Parliament
Chapter8 - Finance, Accounts and Audit of State Biodiversity Board
Section31 - Grants of Money by State Government to State Biodiversity Board
Section32 - Constitution of State Biodiversity Fund
Section33 - Annual Report of State Biodiversity Board
Section34 - Audit of Accounts of State Biodiversity Board
Section35 - Annual Report of State Biodiversity Board to Be Laid Before State Legislature
Chapter9 - Duties of the Central and the State Governments
Section36 - Central Government to Develop National Strategies, Plans, Etc., for Conservation, Etc., of Biological Diversity
Section37 - Biodiversity Heritage Sites
Section38 - Power of Central Government to Notify Threatened Species
Section39 - Power of Central Government to Designate Repositories
Section40 - Power of Central Government to Exempt Certain Biological Resources
Chapter10 - Biodiversity Management Committees
Section41 - Constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees
Chapter11 - Local Biodiversity Fund
Section42 - Grants to Local Biodiversity Fund
Section43 - Constitution of Local Biodiversity Fund
Section44 - Application of Local Biodiversity Fund
Section45 - Annual Report of Biodiversity Management Committees
Section46 - Audit of Accounts of Biodiversity Management Committees
Section47 - Annual Report, Etc., of the Biodiversity Management Committee to Be Submitted to District Magistrate
Chapter12 - Miscellaneous
Section48 - National Biodiversity Authority to Be Bound by the Directions Given by Central Government
Section49 - Power of State Government to Give Directions
Section50 - Settlement of Disputes Between State Biodiversity Boards
Section51 - Members, Officers, Etc., of National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Board Deemed to Be Public Servants
Section52 - Appeal
Section53 - Execution of Determination of Order
Section54 - Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
Section55 - Penalties
Section56 - Penalty for Contravention of Directions or Orders of Central Government, State Government, National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Boards
Section57 - Offences by Companies
Section58 - Offences to Be Cognizable and Non-bailable
Section59 - Act to Have Effect in Addition to Other Acts
Section60 - Power of Central Government to Give Directions to State Government
Section61 - Cognizance of Offences
Section62 - Power of Central Government to Make Rules
Section63 - Power of State Government to Make Rules
Section64 - Power to Make Regulations
Section65 - Power to Remove Difficulties
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