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 44: Members, officers and employees of Board to be public servants.
    All the members and all officers and other employees of a Board when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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