Lawgist26Provision regarding existing discharge of sewage or trade effluent
Where immediately before the commencement of this Act any person was discharging any sewage or trade effluent into a 1 [stream or well or sewer or on land], the provisions of section 25 shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such person as they apply in relation to the person referred to in that section subject to the modification that the application for consent to be made under sub-section (2) of that section 2 [shall be made on or before such date as may be specified by the State Government by notification in this behalf in the Official Gazette].
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1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1978, s. 13, for "stream or well" (w.e.f. 12-12-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 12-12-1978).
- 19 Power of State Government to restrict the application of the Act to certain areas
- 20 Power to obtain information
- 21 Power to take samples of effluents and procedure to be followed in connection therewith
- 22 Reports of the result of analysis on samples taken under section 21
- 23 Power of entry and inspection
- 24 Prohibition on use of stream or well for disposal of polluting matter, etc
- 25 Restrictions on new outlets and new discharges
- 26 Provision regarding existing discharge of sewage or trade effluent
- 27 Refusal or withdrawal of consent by State Board
- 28 Appeals
- 29 Revision
- 30 Power of State Board to carry out certain works
- 31 Furnishing of information to State Board and other agencies in certain cases
- 32 Emergency measures in case of pollution of stream or well
- 33 Power of Board to make application to courts for restraining apprehended pollution of water in streams or wells
- 33A Power to give directions
