1. Short title, application and commence ment.
(1)This Act may be called the Water (Prevention
and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. (2)It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pr adesh, Rajasthan, Tripura and West
Bengal and the Union territories; and it shall apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution
passed in that behalf under clause ( 1) of article 252 of the Constitution. (3)It shall come into force, at once in the States of Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura and West Bengal and in the
Union territories, and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause ( 1) of arti cle 252 of the
Constitution on the date of such adoption and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act
shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, mean the date on which this Act comes into force in such
State or Union territory.