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CHAPTER VII PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 45A: Penalty for contravention of certain provisions of Act

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

1[If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any order or direction issued thereunder, for which no penalty has been provided for in this Act, shall be liable to pay the penalty which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees, but which may extend to fifteen lakh rupees, and where such contravention continues, he shall be liable to pay an additional penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention continues.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 10, ibid., for section 45A (w.e.f. 15-2-2024).

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