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Section 18 — Functions and powers of National Biodiversity Authority

Section 18

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Summary

Requires the Authority, with Central Government approval, to make regulations on access to biological resources and traditional knowledge and on fair and equitable benefit sharing, and makes it the Authority's duty to regulate the activities in sections 3, 4 and 6 by granting or rejecting approvals. It may advise the Central and State Governments and other bodies and exercise other prescribed powers.

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Act number: 18 of 2003
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Source record: India Code 123456789/496021 — a2003-18.pdf
Locator: Section 18

Source record

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 — India Code consolidated text (incorporating Act 10 of 2023)
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Official documentSection 18Record India Code 123456789/496021 — a2003-18.pdf
“18. Functions and powers of National Biodiversity Authority.”
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Fetched from India Code on 24 October 2026. The PDF is the consolidated Act incorporating the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 (10 of 2023), w.e.f. 1 April 2024. Section headings, text and footnote amendment references are taken from it; the provisions have not had a separate legal review.

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Section 58 was omitted by the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 (10 of 2023), s. 39, w.e.f. 1 April 2024, and is not carried as an empty record. Section heading and summary derived from the official text; not separately reviewed. The Act is covered in full. Sub-sections (1) and (2) were substituted by Act 10 of 2023, s. 16, w.e.f. 1 April 2024.