POLLUTION CONTROL
Discharge of
Pollutants

 
 
42. No person shall discharge or emit any pollutant into e environment, except in accordance with this Act. 

It shall be the duty of person to prevent the discharge or emission of any pollutant into the environment otherwise than in accordance with this Act and to comply with such general or specific directions of the Minister or Director for preventing, minimizing or cleaning up, removing or disposing of any pollutant discharged or emitted into the environment. 

Any person who discharges or emits any pollutant into the environment otherwise than in accordance with this Act may be required by the Minister to clean up, remove or dispose of the pollutant in such manner and within such period as the Minister shall direct. 
 

License to
discharge
effluent, etc.
 
43. No person shall discharge effluent or emit any gas or other gaseous substances into the environment except under a license issued by the Minister subject to such conditions as the Minister shall determine. 

The Minister may revoke any license issued under this section if the licensee fails to comply with the conditions of the license or any provision of this Part: 

Provided that no license shall be revoked without the licensee being given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. 

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, prescribe such fees as he shall deem necessary for the monitoring, cleaning up, removing or disposing of pollutants discharged or emitted into the environment.
 

Prohibition of
pollution
 
44. No person shall pollute or peat or cause any other person to pollute the environment. 

Contents | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V 
Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII | Part IX | Part X | Part XI | Part XII | Part XIII 
 I Assent,  Bakili Muluzi