Section 25 — Power to make rules.

25. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 

make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the standards in excess of which environmental pollutants shall not be discharged or emitted 

under section 7; 

(b) the procedure in accordance with and the safeguards in compliance with which hazardous 

substances shall be handled or cause to be handled under section 8; 

(c) the authorities or agencies to which intimation of the fact of occurrence or apprehension of 

occurrence of the discharge of any environmental pollutant in excess of the prescribed standards shall 

be given and to whom all assistance shall be bound to be rendered under sub-section (1) of section 9; 

(d) the manner in which samples of air, water, soil or other substance for the purpose of analysis 

shall be taken under sub-section (1) of section 11; 

(e) the form in which notice of intention to have a sample analysed shall be served under      

clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 11; 



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(f) the functions of the environmental laboratories, the procedure for the submission to such 

laboratories of samples of air, water, soil and other substances for analysis or test; the form of 

laboratory report; the fees payable for such report and other matters to enable such laboratories to 

carry out their functions under sub-section (2) of section 12; 

(g) the qualifications of Government Analyst appointed or recognised for the purpose of analysis 

of samples of air, water, soil or other substances under section 13; 

(h) the manner in which notice of the offence and of the intention to make a complaint to the 

Central Government shall be given under clause (b) of section 19; 

(i) the authority or officer to whom any reports, returns, statistics accounts and other information 

shall be furnished under section 20; 

(j) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.