LawgistThe Environment (Protection) Act
19Cognizance 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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MISCELLANEOUS
- 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 19 Cognizance of offences
- 20 Information, reports or returns
- 21 Members, officers and employees of the authority constituted under Section 3 to be public servants
- 22 Bar of jurisdiction
- 23 Power to delegate
- 24 Effect of other laws
- 25 Power to make rules
- 26 Rules made under this Act to be laid before Parliament
