Section 20
Power to give instructions for ensuring standards for emission from automobiles.
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
About this Act
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.
With a
view to ensuring that the standards for emission of air pollutants from automobiles laid down by the State
Board under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 17 are complied with, the State Government shall, in
consultation with the State Board, give such instructions as may be deemed necessary to the concerned
authority in charge of registration of motor vehicles under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), and
such authority shall, notwithstanding anything contained in that Act or the rules made thereunder be
bound to comply with such instructions.