Section 4
State Pollution Control Boards constituted under section 4 of Act 6 of 1974 to be State Boards under this Act.
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.
1[4. State Pollution Control Boards constituted under section 4 of Act 6 of 1974 to be State Boards
under this Act.--In any 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, such State Board shall be deemed to be the State Board for the Prevention and
Control of air Pollution constituted under section 5 of this Act, and accordingly that State Pollution
Control Board 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 State Board for the prevention and control
of air pollution under this Act.]
Notes
1 Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 1-4-1988).