SPECIAL PROVISION RELATING TO GIVING OF DIRECTIONS . — CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1974

15. SPECIAL PROVISION RELATING TO GIVING OF DIRECTIONS . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act where any Joint Board is constituted under section 13, - (a) the Government of the State for which the Joint Board is constituted shall be competent to give any direction under this Act only in cases where such direction relates to a matter within the exclusive territorial jurisdiction of the State; (b) the Central Government alone shall be competent to give any direction under this Act where such direction relates to a matter within the territorial jurisdiction of two or more States or pertaining to a Union Territory.

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