DEPARTMENT: UILS

BBA.LLB/B.Com LLB/BA.LLB
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & WILDLIFE
PROTECTION
Amanat Kahlon
Assistant Professor
Chandigarh University
DISCOVER . LEARN . EMPOWER
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 ENVIRONMEN
T PROTECTION
ACT, 1986
Course Outcome Will be covered in this
CO Title Level lecture
Number

CO1 INTRODUCTION TO THE ACT Remember

 
CO2 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ACT Understand
 

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INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1986

• A comprehensive act called The Environment Protection Act was passed in 1986 with the sole motive of protecting the environment around
us. This Act provides for the protection and improvement of environment and for matters connected there with. The Environment
Protection Act, 1986, came into force from 19th November, 1986, published in Gazette of India on 12th November, 1986.

• Features of the ACT

• Short title and commencement of the Act.

• Sections of Environment Protection Act.

• 26 sections and 4 chapters

• Extend of the Act.

• Extended to whole of India

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 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ACT

• To protect and improve environmental qualities

• .To establish an authority to study , plan and implement long term requirements of environmental safety

• To give directions and to coordinate system of adequate response to emergency situations threatening
the environment.

• To create an authority with the purpose of environmental protection , regulation of discharge of

pollutants and handling of harmful substances.

• To coordinate the activities of various regulating agencies.

• To cover all the problems relating to environment comprehensively.

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GENERAL POWERS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Power of Central Government to take measures to
protect and improve environment (sec. 3)
• • Appointment of Officers and their powers and functions (sec. 4)
• • (1) the Central Government may appoint officers with such designation as it thinks fit for
the purposes of this Act and may entrust to them such of the powers and functions under
this Act as it may deem fit.
• • (2) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) shall be subject to the general control and
direction of the Central Government. 
• Power to give directions (sec. 5)
• • Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law but subject to the provisions of this
Act, the Central Government may, in the exercise of its powers and performance of its
functions under this Act, issue directions in writing to any person, officer or any authority
and such person, officer or authority shall be bound to comply with such directions.
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 REFERENCES
• ENVIRONMENT LAW, S.C. TRIPATHI
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, DR. P.S. JASWAL
• AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS , DR. RATHIN BANDOPADHYAY
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT , SAWALIA BIHARI VERMA

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THANK YOU