Rule 36
Authority Prescribed
(1) The concerned District Water Resources Committee
has been prescribed as the authority for the purpose of Section 21 of the Act.
(2) The authority who has been prescribed by Government of Nepal by
publishing a notification in the Nepal Gazette shall have the power to test or cause
to test as to whether any water resources has been polluted or not or any water
resource has retained its standard pursuant to Sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the
Act for use or not.
(3) The Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources has been prescribed
(the authority) for the purpose of punishment to be given pursuant to Sub-sections
(1), (2) and (3) of Section 22 of the Act.