Section 112: Prohibition of polluting environment

1) No person shall generate, transmit, release or stockpile wastages in such a manner as to cause significant adverse impact on the environment.

2) No person shall cause pollution in such a manner as to cause injury to public health or danger to body or life of the public, or generate, transmit, emit or stockpile, sound, heat or radioactive wave or hazardous waste, as the case may be, from a mechanical device.

3) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences.

4) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (2) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or both the sentences.