Filing of Self Certification.

1. (1) Any person who intends to start an enterprise other than those not included as 'Red Category' by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board may, furnish before the nodal agency a Self Certification to start such an enterprise in such form and in such manner, as may be prescribed.
2. (2) If any person has filed any application before the competent authority to obtain all or any of the approvals as defined in clause (c) of section 2, before the commencement of this Act, such person may also opt to furnish self certification of intend to start an enterprise under sub-section (1) ;
3. (3) On receipt of a self certification completed in all respects, the nodal Agency shall, forthwith, issue 2[Certificate of in-principal approval], in the prescribed form, to the person who furnished the self certification under subsection (1).

¹ Substituted by Act 26 of 2024 (w.e.f. 02.11.2024)

² Substituted by Act 26 of 2024 (w.e.f. 02.11.2024)