THE WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) CESS ACT, 1977
An Act to provide for the levy and collection of a cess on water consumed by persons carrying
on certain industries and by local authorities, with a view to augment the resources of the
Central Board and the State Boards for the prevention and control of water pollution
constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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