Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-05-23

Long Title: An Act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Department:

Section 19: Cognizance of offences.
    No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by,--
         (a) the Central Government or any authority or officer authorised in this behalf by that Government; or
         (b) any person who has given notice of not less than sixty days, in the manner prescribed, of the alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint, to the Central Government or the authority or officer authorised as aforesaid.
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