Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

Year: 1981

Enactment Date: 1981-03-29

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Department:

Section 20: Power to give instructions for ensuring standards for emission from automobiles.
    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.
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