Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
Bare Act · 1986
An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith.
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- Act number
- 29 of 1986
- Enacted
- 23 May 1986
- Contents
- 37 sections · 5 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — General Powers Of The Central Government
- Section 3 – Power of Central Government to take measures to protect and improve environment
- Section 4 – Appointment of officers and their powers and functions
- Section 5 – Power to give directions
- Section 5A – Appeal to National Green Tribunal (preview)
- Section 6 – Rules to regulate environmental pollution (preview)
Chapter III — Prevention, Control And Abatement Of Environmental Polluction
- Section 7 – Persons carrying on industry, operations, etc., not to allow emission or discharge of environmental pollutants in excess of the standards (preview)
- Section 8 – Persons handling hazardous substances to comply with procedural safeguards (preview)
- Section 9 – Furnishing of information to authorities and agencies in certain cases (preview)
- Section 10 – Powers of entry and inspection (preview)
- Section 11 – Power to take sample and procedure to be followed in connection therewith (preview)
- Section 12 – Environmental laboratories (preview)
- Section 13 – Government Analysts (preview)
- Section 14 – Reports of Government Analysts (preview)
- Section 14A – Penalty for contravention of section 7 or section 8 (preview)
- Section 14B – Penalty for contravention of sections 9, 10 and 11 (preview)
- Section 15 – Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act and the rules, orders and directions (preview)
- Section 15A – Penalty for contravention by companies (preview)
- Section 15B – Penalty for contravention by Government Department (preview)
- Section 15C – Adjudicating officer (preview)
- Section 15D – Appeal (preview)
- Section 15E – Penalty amount to be credited to Environmental Protection Fund (preview)
- Section 15F – Offence for failure to pay penalty or additional penalty (preview)
Chapter IIIA — Fund, Accounts And Audit
- Section 16 – Environmental Protection Fund (preview)
- Section 16A – Accounts and audit of Fund (preview)
- Section 16B – Annual report (preview)
- Section 17 – Offences by Government Departments (preview)
Chapter IV — Miscellaneous
- Section 18 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 19 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 20 – Information, reports or returns (preview)
- Section 21 – Members, officers and employees of the authority constituted under Section 3 to be public servants (preview)
- Section 22 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 23 – Power to delegate (preview)
- Section 24 – Effect of other laws (preview)
- Section 25 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 26 – Rules made under this Act to be laid before Parliament (preview)