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Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

Section 3

In force Act 14 of 1981 As on 06 Oct 2026

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Act 14 of 1981 Cited by 9 provisions

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Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 3 of Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution" (w.e.f.

Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution" (w.e.f. 1-4-1988).

(j) "emission" means any solid or liquid or gaseous substance coming out of any chimney, duct or flue or any other outlet;

(k) "industrial plant" means any plant used for any industrial or trade purposes and emitting any air pollutant into the atmosphere; (!) "member" means a member of the Central Board or a State Board, as the case may be, and includes the Chairman thereof; 1[(m) "occupier", in relation to any factory or premises, means the person who has control over the affairs of the factory or the premises, and includes, in relation to any substance, the person in possession of the substance;] (n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government;

(o) "State Board" means,- (i) in relation to a State in which the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), is in force and the State Government has constituted for that State a -[State Pollution Control Board] under section 4 of that Act, the said State Board; and (ii) in relation to any other State, the State Board for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution constituted by the State Government under section 5 of this Act. CHAPTER II O CENTRAL AND STATE BOARDS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION 3[3. Central Pollution Control Board .- The Central Pollution Control Board constituted under section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), shall, without prejudice to the exercise and performance of its powers and functions under that Act, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Central Pollution Control Board for the prevention and control of air pollution under this Act.

Section 3, Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (Act 14 of 1981).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 5 Constitution of State Boards

Referred to by 9

  1. s. 5 Constitution of State Boards
  2. Factories Act s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
  3. Factories Act s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
  4. Factories Act s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
  5. Factories Act s. 41A
  6. Factories Act s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
  7. Factories Act s. 41A
  8. Factories Act (CENTRAL ACT) s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
  9. Factory Act s. 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees

Questions about Section 3

How do I find court cases under Section 3 of the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 3, section 3 Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, section 3 of the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 3 of the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 5 (Constitution of State Boards), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 9 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.

When was the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act enacted?

Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in 1981 as Act 14 of 1981. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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