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CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS

Section 24: Effect of other laws

The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

1[The provisions of this Act and the rules or orders made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 2 and Schedule, ibid., for section 24 (w.e.f. 1-4-2024).

Questions on this section

1 question in 1 of our papers cite Section 24. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Assertion (A): Under Section 24 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the provisions of the Act and the rules or orders made under it have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent with them in any other law for the time being in force. Reason (R): The preamble of the Act recites decisions taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in June 1972.

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