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The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

Water Act, 1974

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Summary

An Act to prevent and control water pollution and to constitute the Central and State Pollution Control Boards. It is the establishing statute for both boards, and the Air Act, 1981 uses the same boards for air pollution control.

Record details

Act number: 6 of 1974
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Status: In force
Enacted: 23 Mar 1974
Commenced: 23 Mar 1974
Source record: 123456789/496023
Locator: Act record

Source record

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 — India Code record
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23 Oct 2026
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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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Section 1(3) brought the Act into force at once in the States and Union territories listed there; other States commence it on adoption. Only the board-constitution provisions are used in this graph.