Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
← Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
III — PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ABATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUCTION · Section 14A

Penalty for contravention of section 7 or section 8

Synced on 08 Sept 2026Text as per India Code

(1) If any person, contravenes provisions of section 7 or section 8 or the rules made thereunder, he shall be liable to penalty in respect of each such contravention, which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to fifteen lakh rupees.

(2) Where any person continues contravention under sub-section (1), he shall be liable to additional penalty of fifty thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention continues.

Judgments on Section 14A