An Act to provide for the establishment of River Boards for the regulation and development of inter-State rivers and river valleys.
The River Boards Act, 1956 has 29 sections in 3 chapters, amended 1 times. 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 Central Government
- Section 3 – Definitions
Chapter III: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD
- Section 13 – Matters in respect of which a Board may be authorised to tender advice
- Section 14 – Functions of Board
- Section 15 – Preparation of schemes by Board and their execution
- Section 16 – General Powers of Board
- Section 17 – Payment to Board
- Section 18 – Fund of Board
- Section 19 – Budget
- Section 20 – Annual report
- Section 21 – Accounts and audit
Chapter IV: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 22 – Arbitration
- Section 23 – Returns and reports
- Section 24 – Delegation of powers
- Section 25 – Members and officers of Board to be public servants
- Section 26 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 27 – Dissolution of Board and transfer of assets and liabilities
- Section 28 – Power to make rules
- Section 29 – Power to make regulations
- Section 4 – Establishment of Boards
- Section 5 – Composition of Board
- Section 6 – Terms and conditions of service of members
- Section 7 – Temporary absence of any member
- Section 8 – Meetings of Board
- Section 9 – Vacancy in Board, etc., not to invalidate acts or proceedings
- Section 10 – Appointment of advisory committee
- Section 11 – Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes
- Section 12 – Staff of Board