THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981
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.
WHEREAS decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in
Stockholm in June, 1972, in which India participated, to take appropriate steps for the preservation of the
natural resources of the earth which, among other things, include the preservation of the quality of air and
control of air pollution;
AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement the decisions aforesaid in so far as they relate
to the preservation of the quality of air and control of air pollution;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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