The Brahmaputra Board Act, 1980 – All Sections

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the planning and integrated implementation of measures for the control of floods and bank erosion in the Brahmaputra Valley and for matters connected therewith.

The Brahmaputra Board Act, 1980 has 30 sections in 6 chapters. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.

Chapter I: PRELIMINARY

Section 1 – Short title and commencement
Section 2 – Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union
Section 3 – Definitions

Chapter II: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD

Section 4 – Establishment and incorporation of the Brahmaputra Board
Section 5 – Conditions of service of members
Section 6 – Powers of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Section 7 – General Manager
Section 8 – Financial Adviser
Section 9 – Chief Engineers, Secretary and other officers
Section 10 – Advisory Committees

Chapter III: FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BOARD

Section 11 – Limits of the Brahmaputra Valley
Section 12 – Master Plan for the control of floods, etc., in the Brahmaputra Valley
Section 13 – Other functions of the Board
Section 14 – Conditions subject to which the Board may perform its functions
Section 15 – General powers of the Board
Section 16 – Forwarding of, and Consultation with respect to, plans, etc., prepared by the Board

Chapter IV: CONTROL BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Section 17 – Directions and instructions by Central Government

Chapter V: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

Section 18 – Grants and loans by Central Government
Section 19 – Constitution of Brahmaputra Board Fund
Section 20 – Budget
Section 21 – Annual report
Section 22 – Accounts and audit

Chapter VI: MISCELLANEOUS

Section 23 – Disputes between the Board and the State Governments
Section 24 – Removal, etc., of members
Section 25 – Power to enter
Section 26 – Members, officers and employees of the Board to be public servants
Section 27 – Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 28 – Power to make rules
Section 29 – Power to make regulations
Section 30 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament