Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Pampa River Basin Authority Act, 2009.
2. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of August, 2008.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ,— (a)“Authority” means the Pampa River Basin Authority constituted under section 3; (b)“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority; (c)“Executive Committee” means the committee constituted under section 11; (d)“Fund” means the Pampa River Basin Authority Fund constituted under section 12; (e)“Government” means the Government of Kerala; (f)“member” means a member of the Authority; (g)“Member-Secretary” means the Member-Secretary of the Authority; (h)“notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (i)“Pampa Action Plan” means the plan of the Government of Kerala for the conservation of the Pampa River and its reservoirs by averting pollution,

through the projects undertaking integrated planning, monitoring, management and development of water sources; (j)“Pampa River Basin” means the reservoir areas of the Pampa River, its two banks and its tributaries; (k)“Project Director” means the Project Director of the Authority; (l)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

1. (m) “regulations” means the regulations made under section 21;
2. (n) “State” means the State of Kerala.