Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
50. [Omitted.]. 51. Maintenance of register. SECTIONS 52. Effect of other laws. 53. Power of Central Government to make rules. 54. Power of State Government to make rules. THE SCHEDULE [Omitted.]. THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 ACT NO. 14 OF 1981 [29th March, 1981.] An Act to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes, of Boards, for conferring on and assigning to such Boards powers and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in June, 1972, in which India participated, to take appropriate steps for the preservation of the natural resources of the earth which, among other things, include the preservation of the quality of air and control of air pollution; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement the decisions aforesaid in so far as they relate to the preservation of the quality of air and control of air pollution; BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—