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Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 Section 16

Title: Power of Central Government to Exempt the Levy of Water Cess

State: Central

Year: 1977

1[ 16. Power of Central Government to exempt the levy of water cess ( 1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any industry, consuming water below the quantity specified in the notification, from the levy of water cess. ( 2) In exempting an industry under sub-section ( 1), the Central Government shall take into consideration-- (a) the nature of raw material used; (b) the nature of manufacturing process employed; (c) the nature of effluent generated; (d) the source of water extraction; (e) the nature of effluent receiving bodies; and (f) the production data, including water consumption per unit production, in the industry and the location of the industry.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 19 of 2003, section 4, for section 16 (w.e.f. 6-5-2003) (see Annexe).

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1977

.....by other body, entrusted with the duty of supplying water under the law by or under which it is constituted; (b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 1 (c) "industry" includes any operation or process, or treatment and disposal system, which consumes water or gives rise to sewage effluent or trade effluent, but does not include any hydel power unit; (d) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. SECTION 03: LEVY AND COLLECTION OF CESS (1) There shall be levied and collected a cess for the purposes of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) and utilisation there under. (2) The cess under sub-section (1) shall be payable by- (a) every person carrying on any industry; and (b) every local authority, and shall be calculated on the basis of the water consumed by such person or local authority, as the case may be, for any of the purposes specified in column (1) of Schedule n, at such rate, not exceeding the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column.....