Act Info:Preamble1 - The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
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
Chapter 3
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
Chapter 4
Section18 - Functions and powers of National Biodiversity Authority
Chapter 5
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
Chapter 6
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
Chapter 7
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
Chapter 8
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
Chapter 9
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
Chapter 11
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
Chapter 12
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