THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) AMENDMENT ACT, 1988 — CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1974

Appendix D THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) AMENDMENT ACT, 1988 No: 53 OF 1988 [29th September , 1988] An Act funther t0 amend the Watcr (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 WHEREAS in pursuance of clause (1) of article 252 of the Con- stitulion, lhc Watcr (Prcvention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 had becn passed by Parliament; AND WIIEREAS some administrative and practical difficulties in cllcclivcly implcmenting thc provisions of the aforesaid Act have come t0 light it is considlered nccessary L0 make certain amcndments thercto; AND WHEREAS,in pursuancc Of clausc (1) ol article 252 0f the constitution rcad with clausc (2) Ihcrcof, rcsolutions have bccn passed by Ihc Lcgislativc Asscmblics of the Statcs of Himachal Pradesh, and Tripura t0 thc cffcct that the said Act should be amended by an Act of Parliament for the purposes hereinafter appearing: BE it enaclcd by Parliamcnt in thc Thirty-ninth Ycar of thc Rcpublic of India as Iollows: 1.() This Act mnay bc callcd thc Walcr (Prcvcntion and Control of Follution) Amcndmcnt Acl, 1988. (2) I applics, in thc first instance, to the wholc of the Stales of Himachal Pradcsh, and Tripura and thc Union tcrritories; and it shall apply (0 such Qhcr Statc which adopts this Act by rcsolution passcd in that bchalf under clause (1) of articlc 252 of thc Constitution rcad with clause (2) thereof. (3) It shall comc into force , at oncc in thc Statcs of Himachal Pradcsh and Tripura and thc Union tcrritorics and in any Othcr Stalewhich adopts this Acl undcr clausc (1) of articlc 252 of thc constitution rcad with clausc (2) thcrcof on Ihc dlate of such adoption. Sourct The Giazette of India, Fxtraordinary , Pan IIScction 4, No. 69 , Oclober 3, 1988. TT WATER AMENDMENT ACT, 1988 235 2 In section 2 of thc Water