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MANUAL OF ENVIRONEMT LAWS

INPAKSITAN
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CONTENTS
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PAKISTAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1997
Preamble. 1
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 7
2. Definitions. 7
3. Establishment of the Pakistan Environmental Protection
Council.
16
4. Functions and powers of the Council. 18
5. Establishment of the Pakistan Environmental Protection
Agency.
18
6. Functions of the Federal Agency. 19
7. Powers of the Federal Agency. 22
8. Establishment, powers and functions of the Provincial
Environmental Protection Agencies.
24
9. Establishment of the Provincial Sustainable Development
Funds.
25
10. Management of the Provincial Sustainable Development
Fund.
25
11. Prohibition of certain discharges or emissions. 26
12. Initial environmental examination and environmental
impact assessment.
28
13. Prohibition of import of hazardous waste. 38
14. Handling of hazardous substances.--- 38
15. Regulation of motor vehicles. 38
16. Environmental protection order. 38
17. Penalties. 41
18. Offences by bodies corporate. 46
19. Offences by Government Agencies, local authorities or
local councils.
46
20. Environmental Tribunals. 46
21. Jurisdiction and powers of Environmental Tribunals. 48
22. Appeals to the Environmental Tribunal. 51
23. Appeals from orders of the Environmental Tribunal. 53
24. Jurisdiction of Environmental Magistrates. 53
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25. Appeals from orders of Environmental Magistrates. 54
26. Power to delegate. 54
27. Power to give directions. 55
28. Indemnity. 55
29. Dues recoverable as arrears of land revenue. 55
30. Act to override other laws. 55
31. Power to make rules. 55
32. Power to amend the Schedule. 55
33. Power to make regulations. 55
34. Repeal, savings and succession. 56
Schedule 57
APPENDIX
(i) Environmental Tribunal Rules, 1999. 59
(ii) The National Environmental Quality Standards
(Certification of Environmental Laboratories) Regulations,
2000.
68
(iii) Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of
Initial Environmental examination and Environmental
Impact Assessment Regulations, 2000.
83
(iv) Provincial Sustainable Development Fund Board
(Procedure) Rules, 2001.
100
(v) Environmental Samples Rules, 2001. 104
(vi) National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-
monitoring and Reporting Industry) Rules, 2001.
115
(vii) The Pollution Charge for Industry (Calculation and
Collection) Rules, 2001.
130
(viii) Provincial Sustainable Development Fund (Utilization)
Rules, 2001.
145
(ix) Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912. 151
(x) Epidemic Diseases Act, 1958. 154
(xi) Punjab Firewood and Charcoal (Restriction) Act, 1964. 156
(xii) West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers
and Sound Amplifiers Ordinance, 1965.
159
(xiii) West Pakistan Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959. 162
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(xiv) West Pakistan Goats Restrictions Rules, 1961. 165
(xv) West Pakistan Rice (Restrictions or Cultivation)
Ordinance, 1959.
167
(xvi) Composition of Offences and Payment of Administrative
Penalty Rules, 1999.
169
(xvii) Guide Lines for Development of Green Belts. 182
INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION & PROTOCOLS
(xviii) An Environmental Agenda for the 21st Century. 225
(xix) International Convention for the Protection of Birds, 1950. 230
(xx) International Plant Protection Convention, 1951. 235
(xxi) Declaration on the Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural
Resources, 1962.
246
(xxii) Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the
Human Environment, 1972.
250
(xxiii) Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and
Natural Heritage, 1972.
258
(xxiv) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973.
277
(xxv) Convention on Long-range Transboundary AIR Pollution
(Geneva, 13th November, 1979).
302
(xxvi) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of
Wild Animals (1979)
312
(xxvii) Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
living Resources, 1980.
336
(xxviii) World Charter for Nature, 1982. 356
(xxix) Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat,
1982.
362
(xxx) United National Convention on the law of the Sea, 1982. 366
(xxxi) Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
(1985).
396
(xxxii) Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range
Transboundary Air Pollution on long-term Financing of
419
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the co-operative Programme for Monitoring and
Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air
Pollutants in Europe (emep), 1988.
(xxxiii) Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(Montreal, 16th September 1987).
427
(xxxiv) Hague Declaration on the Environment, 1989. 441
(xxxv) Adjustments and amendment to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (London 23 June
1990).
445
(xxxvi) U.N. Conference on Environment and Development
(1989).
464
(xxxvii) Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer Copenhagen, 1992.
476
(xxxviii
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The Rio declaration on Environment and Development.
1992.
489
(xxxix) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (1992).
494
(xl) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in A
Transboundary Context, 1991.
526
(xli) Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles
for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation
and Sustainable Develop of all types of Forests, 1992.
551
(xlii) Convention on the transboundary effects of Industrial
Accidents, 1992 (Helsinki, 17th March, 1992.
559
(xliii) Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992. 578
(xliv) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, 1997.
612
(xlv) Energy & Environmental Law. 643
. I. Preamble. 646
II. What is Environmental Law. 646
1.1.1. Definition of Environmental Law. 646
1.1.2. Classification of Environmental Law. 647
1.1.3. Sources of Environmental Law. 648
1.1.3.1 Conventions & Customs. 648
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1.1.3.2 Common Law Precedents. 649
1.1.3.3 Legislation. 649
1.1.3.4 Regional Environmental Law. 650
1.1.3.5 International Environmental Law. 650
1.2. Environmental Laws of Pakistan. 652
1.2.1. Constitution of Pakistan. 652
1.2.2. Existing Federal Environmental Law. 654
1.2.2.1 NEQS. 655
1.2.3. Federal Law dealing with Environment. 655
1.2.4. Provincial Laws dealing with Environment. 656
1.2.5. Proposed Federal Environmental Law. 657
1.2.6. Proposed Provincial Environmental Laws. 658
1.2.6.1 NWFP Environment Act, 1996. 658
1.2.6.2. Punjab Environmental Protection Act, 1996. 658
1.2.6.3. Balochistan Environmental Protection Act. 658
1.2.6.4. Sindh Environmental Protection Act. 659
1.2.7. NCS. 659
1.2.8. The Word Bank (WB) and the International
Finance Corporation (IFC)
660
1.3. Energy and Environmental Laws of Pakistan 662
1.4. Supreme Court Judgment on Environment 670
1.5 Federal Environmental Laws of USA. 672
1.6. Conclusion. 677
From RIO 1992 to Johannesburg 2002: A Case Study of
Implementing Sustainable Development in Pakistan
678
I: Introduction 678
II: Laws promoting Sustainable Development Constitution
of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
680
III: Conclusion 716
The International Financial Institutions and the
Environment.
717
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The World Bank's focus on the Environment. 719
The Environment Department of the World Bank. 719
The World Bank's Environmental Assessment. 720
The World Bank's Environmental Guidelines in Pakistan. 722
The World Bank's Inspection Panel. 722
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