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TypeBare Act JurisdictionAndaman and Nicobar Islands Government Enacted1986

The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement

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The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Section 1 is part of The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 - Short title, extent and commencement. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986
ACT NO. 29 OF 1986
[23rd May, 1986.]
An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected
therewith.
WHEREAS decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held at
Stockholm in June, 1972, in which India participated, to take appropriate steps for the protection and
improvement of human environment;
AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary further to implement the decisions aforesaid in so far as
they relate to the protection and improvement of environment and the prevention of hazards to human
beings, other living creatures, plants and property;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
(1) This Act may be called the Environment
(Protection) Act,

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What does The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Section 1 provide?

Section Section 1 of the The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (Short title, extent and commencement) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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