An Act to provide for the constitution of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas for better co-ordination, research, identification and resolution of problems surrounding the air quality index and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021 has 31 sections in 5 chapters. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: COMMISSION FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND ADJOINING AREAS
- Section 3 – Constitution of Commission
- Section 4 – Appointment of Chairperson, Members and Member-Secretary
- Section 5 – Resignation and removal of Chairperson and Members
- Section 6 – Term of office of Chairperson and Members
- Section 7 – Member to act as Chairperson or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances
- Section 8 – Terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members
- Section 9 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Commission
- Section 10 – Procedure to be regulated by Commission
- Section 11 – Sub-Committees and other staff of Commission
Chapter III: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION
- Section 12 – Powers and functions of Commission
- Section 13 – Annual report
- Section 14 – Penalty for contravention of provisions of Act, rules, order or direction
- Section 15 – Environmental compensation
Chapter IV: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- Section 16 – Grants by Central Government
- Section 17 – Accounts and audit
Chapter V: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 18 – Appeal
- Section 19 – Constitution of special investigation teams
- Section 20 – Power of Central Government to issue direction
- Section 21 – Power of Central Government to call for information
- Section 22 – Bar of jurisdiction
- Section 23 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 24 – Members and officers to be public servants
- Section 25 – Power of Central Government to make rules
- Section 26 – Power of Commission to make regulations
- Section 27 – Power to remove difficulties
- Section 28 – Act to have overriding effect
- Section 29 – Repeal and savings of order constituting Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for National Capital Region
- Section 30 – Savings
- Section 31 – Repeal and savings