Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
Sections
1
Short Title, Extent and Commencement
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Meetings of board
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11
Constitution of committees
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12
Temporary association of persons with board for
particular purposes
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13
Vacancy in board not to invalidate acts or proceeding
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14
Member-Secretary and officers and others employees of
state boards
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15
Delegation of powers
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16
Functions of central board
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17
Functions of state board
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18
Power to give directions
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19
Power to declare air pollution control areas
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2
Definitions
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Power to give instructions for ensuring standards for
emission from automobiles
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21
Restrictions on use of certain industrial plants
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22
Persons carrying on
industry, etc., not to allow emission of air pollutants in excess of the
standards laid down by State Board
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22A
Power of board to make application to court for
restraining persons
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23
Furnishing of information
to state board and other agencies in certain cases
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24
Power of entry and inspection
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25
Power to obtain information
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26
Power to take samples of air or emission and procedure to
be followed
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27
Reports of the result of analysis on samples taken under
section 26
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28
State air laboratory
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29
Analysts
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Central Pollution Control Board
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30
Report of analysts
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31
Appeals
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31
Power to give directions
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32
Contributions by Central Government
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33
Fund of board
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33
Borrowing powers of boards
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34
Budget
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35
Annual report
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36
Accounts and audit
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37
Failure to comply with the
provisions of section 21 or section 22 or with the directions issued under
section 31A
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Penalties for certain acts
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39
Penalty for contravention of certain provisions of the
act
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4
State Pollution control
board constituted under section 4 of Act 6 of 1974 to be State Board under
this Act
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Offences by companies
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41
Offences by government departments
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42
Protection of action taken in good faith
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43
Cognizance of offences
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44
Members, Officers and Employees of board to be pubic
servants
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45
Reports and returns
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46
Bar of jurisdiction
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47
Power to state government to supersede state board
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48
Special provision in the
case of supersession of the central board or the state board
constituted under the Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974
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49
Dissolution of state boards constituted under the act
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5
Constitution of State Board
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51
Maintenance of register
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52
Effect of other laws
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53
Power of central government to make rule
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54
Power of state government to make rules
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6
Central board to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a State Board in the Union Territories