Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,1981
3. CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD.
1The Central Pollution Control Board constituted under Section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), shall, without prejudice to the exercise and performance of its powers and functions under that Act, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Central Pollution Control Board for the prevention and control of air pollution under this Act.
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1. Subs. by Act 47 of 1987, sec. 3, for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 1-4-1988). Sections 3 & 4, before substitution, stood as under:
“3. Central Board for the prevention and control of Air pollution.—The Central Board for the Prevention and control of Water Pollution constituted under section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control Pollution) Act, 1974, shall, without prejudice to the exercise and performance of its powers and functions under that Act, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution under this Act.
4. State Boards for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution to be State Boards for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution.—In any State in which the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, is in force and the State Government has constituted for that State a State Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution under section 4 of that Act, such State Board shall be deemed to be the State Board for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution constituted under section 5 of this Act and accordingly that State Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution shall, without prejudice to the exercise and performance of its powers and functions under that Act, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the State Board for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution under this Act.”
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981