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Environment Protection Act, 1986 Chapter 3

Title: Prevention, Control and Abatement of Environmental Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....him; (b) for the purpose of determining whether and if so in what manner, any such functions are to be performed or whether any provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any notice, order, direction or authorisation served, made, given or granted under this Act is being or has been complied with; (c) for the purpose of examining and testing any equipment, industrial plant, record, register, document or any other material object or for conducting a search of any building in which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder has been or is being or is about to be committed and for seizing any such equipment, industrial plant, record, register, document or other material object if he has reasons to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder or that such seizure is necessary to prevent or mitigate environmental pollution. (2) Every person carrying on any industry, operation or process or handling any hazardous substance shall be bound to render all assistance to the person empowered by the Central Government under sub-section (1) for carrying out.....

Environment Protection Act, 1986 Section 6

Title: Rules to Regulate Environmental Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1986

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules in respect of all or any of the matters referred to in section 3. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the standards of quality of air, water or soil for various areas and purposes; (b) the maximum allowable limits of concentration of various environmental pollutants (including noise) for different areas; (c) the procedures and safeguards for the handling of hazardous substances; (d) the prohibition and restrictions on the handling of hazardous substances in different areas; (e) the prohibition and restrictions on the location of industries and the carrying on of processes and operations in different areas; (f) the procedures and safeguards for the prevention of accidents which may cause environmental pollution and for providing for remedial measures for such accidents.

Environment Protection Act, 1986 Section 7

Title: Persons Carrying on Industry, Operation, Etc., Not to Allow Emission or Discharge of Environmental Pollutants in Excess of the Standards

State: Central

Year: 1986

No person carrying on any industry, operation or process shall discharge or emit or permit to be discharged or emitted any environmental pollutant in excess of such standards as may be prescribed.

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1981

AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 An Act to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes, of Boards, for conferring on and assigning to such Boards, powers and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith Whereas decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in June, 1972, in which India participated, to take appropriate steps for the preservation of the natural resources of the earth which, among other things, include the preservation of the quality of air and control of air pollution; And whereas it is considered necessary to implement the decisions aforesaid insofar as they relate to the preservation of the quality of air and control of air pollution; Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows CHAPTER I : PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. (2) It extends to the whole of.....

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Chapter II

Title: Central and State Boards for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1981

.....under sub-section (1) shall be entitled to receive such fees and allowances as may be prescribed. Section 13 - Vacancy in Board not to invalidate acts or proceedings No act or proceeding of a Board or any committee thereof shall Be called in question on the ground merely of the existence of any Vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board or such committee, as the case may be. Section 14 - Member-secretary and officers and other employees of State Boards (1) The terms and conditions of service of the member-secretary of a State Board constituted under this Act shall be such as may be Prescribed. 1[(2) The member-secretary of a State Board, whether constituted Under this Act or not, shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed.] (3) Subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government in this behalf, a State Board, whether constituted under this Act or not, may appoint such officers and other employees as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions under this Act. (4) The method of appointment, the conditions of service and the scales of pay of the officers (other than the member-secretary).....

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 Chapter 2

Title: The Central and State Boards for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1974

.....the Central Government, from amongst the members of the State Boards, of whom not exceeding two shall be from those referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 4; (d) 4 [such number of non-officials, not exceeding three,] to be nominated by the Central Government, to represent the interests of agriculture, fishery or industry or trade or any other interest which, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented; (e) two persons to represent the companies or corporations owned, controlled or managed by the Central Government, to be nominated by that Government; 5 [(f) a full-time member-secretary, possessing qualifications, knowledge and experience of scientific, engineering or management aspects of pollution control, to be appointed by the Central Government.] (3) The Central Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may, by the aforesaid name, sue or be sued. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 53 of 1988, section 3, for "Central Board for the Prevention and.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Section 10

Title: Power of Executive Authority to Prevent Environmental

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....contravention of the provisions of section 3, whether through intimation by some person or on a report of the inspector or otherwise, the Executive Authority shall, as early as practicable, besides taking any other action under this Act, direct the owner or occupier of the premises to take such remedial measures, as may be necessary, within such reasonable time as any be specified therein and in case the owner or occupier, as the case may be, fails to comply with such directions, cause such remedial measures to be taken as are necessary to prevent or mitigate the environmental pollution at the cost of such owner or occupier of the premises.Power of Executive Authority to prevent environmental.pollution in certain cases. (2) The expenses, if any, incurred by the Executive Authority with respect to the remedial measures referred to in sub-section (1), together with interest at such rate as the State Government may specify from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until it is paid, may be recovered by such authority or agency from the person concerned as arrears of land revenue or of public demand.

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Chapter IV

Title: Prevention and Control of Air Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1981

.....registration of motor vehicles under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939)1, and such authority shall, notwithstanding anything contained in that Act or the rules made there under be bold to comply with such instructions. ________________________ 1. See now the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988). Section 21 - Restrictions on use of certain industrial plants 1[(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall, without the previous consent of the State Board, operate any industrial plant for the purpose of any industry specified in the Schedule in an air pollution control area: Provided that a person operating any industrial plant in any air pollution control area immediately before the commencement of section 9 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 1987 (47 of 1987), for which no consent was necessary prior to such commencement, may continue to do so for a period of three months from such commencement or, if he has made an application for such consent within the said period of three months, till the disposal of such application.] (2) An application for consent of the State Board under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by.....

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 Chapter 5

Title: Prevention and Control of Water Pollution

State: Central

Year: 1974

.....him; (b) for the purpose of determining whether and if so in what manner, any such functions are to be performed or whether any provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder of any notice, order, direction or authorization served, made, given, or granted under this Act is being or has been complied with; (c) for the purpose of examining any plant, record, register, document or any other material object or for conducting a search of any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder has been or is being or is about to be committed and for seizing any such plant, record, register, document or other material object, if he has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act or the rules made thereunder: Provided that the right to enter under this sub-section for the inspection of a well shall be exercised only at reasonable hours in a case where such well is situated in any premises used for residential purposes and the water thereof is used exclusively for domestic purposes. (2) The provisions of 1 [the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)], or, in.....

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 Section 19

Title: Power to Declare Air Pollution Control Areas

State: Central

Year: 1981

.....declare in such manner as may be prescribed, any area or areas within the State as air pollution control area or areas for the purposes of this Act. (2) The State Government may, after consolation with the State Board, by notification in the Official Gazette,-- (a) alter any air pollution control area whether by way of extension or reduction; (b) declare a new air pollution control area in which may be merged one or more existing air pollution control areas or any part or parts thereof. (3) If the State Government, after consultation with the State Board, is of opinion that the use of any fuel, other than an approved fuel, in any air pollution control area or part thereof, may cause or is likely to cause air pollution, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, prohibit the use of such fuel in such area or part thereof with effect from such date (being not less than three months from the date of publication of the notification) as may be specified in the notification. (4) The State Government may, after consultation with the State Board, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that with effect from such date as may be specified therein, no appliance,.....