Section 26
Provision regarding existing discharge of sewage or trade effluent.
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
About this Act
An Act to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the purposes aforesaid, of Boards for the prevention and control of water pollution, for conferring on and assigning to such Boards powers and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith.
Where immediately
before the commencement of this Act any person was discharging any sewage or trade effluent into
a
1
[stream or well or sewer or on land], the provisions of section 25 shall, so far as may be, apply in
relation to such person as they apply in relation to the person referred to in that section subject to the
modification that the application for consent to be made under sub-section (2) of that section 2
[shall be
made on or before such date as may be specified by the State Government by notification in this behalf in
the Official Gazette].
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1978, s. 13, for "stream or well" (w.e.f. 12-12-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 12-12-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 12-12-1978).