Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

Year: 2022

Enactment Date: 2022-08-06

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences

Department:

Section 32: Obstruction and false information.
    (1) No person shall obstruct an Inspector or inspection team or hinder any of them in performing their functions in India or in Antarctica.
     (2) No person shall knowingly or negligently provide any person false or misleading information, results or samples or file a document containing false or misleading information.
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