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Section 41 — Constitution of Biodiversity Management Committee

Section 41

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Summary

Requires every local body at Gram Panchayat level in rural areas, and at Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Committee or Municipal Corporation level in urban areas, to constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee for conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity. The State Government may also constitute committees at intermediate or district Panchayat level. Composition is prescribed by the State Government, with not fewer than seven and not more than eleven members. The Authority and State Boards must consult the committee on decisions about biological resources within its jurisdiction.

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Act number: 18 of 2003
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Source record: India Code 123456789/496021 — a2003-18.pdf
Locator: Section 41

Source record

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 — India Code consolidated text (incorporating Act 10 of 2023)
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Official documentSection 41Record India Code 123456789/496021 — a2003-18.pdf
“41. Constitution of Biodiversity Management Committee.”
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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), (1A) and (1B) were substituted or inserted by Act 10 of 2023, s. 30, w.e.f. 1 April 2024. The graph models the class of committees, not any particular committee or its members.