Section 1

Short title and commencement.

The Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

  • Act 13 of 2022
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences
About this Act

An Act to provide for the national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems and to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Antarctic Act, 2022.
(2) It shall come into force on such date* as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

Notes

1. 7th August, 2023, vide notification No. S.O. 3509(E), dated 7th August, 2023, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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