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

Air Act, 1981

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Summary

An Act to prevent, control and abate air pollution. It does not create a separate central board: section 3 uses the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under the Water Act, 1974. Section 4 deems a Water Act State Board to be the State Board for air pollution control, and section 5 constitutes a separate board only where no Water Act board exists.

Record details

Act number: 14 of 1981
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Status: In force
Enacted: 29 Mar 1981
Commenced: 16 May 1981
Source record: 123456789/496024
Locator: Act record

Source record

The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — India Code record
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Fetched from India Code on 23 October 2026. Act number, ministry metadata and dates were read from the record; the record has not had a separate legal review.

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