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Chapter XII: ## MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS 48. National Biodiversity Authority to be bound by the directions given by Central Government. 49. Power of State Government to give directions. 50. Settlement of disputes. 51. Members, officers, etc., of National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Board deemed to be public servants. 52. Appeal. - 52A. Appeal to National Green Tribunal . 53. Execution of determination or order. 54. Protection of action taken in good faith. 55. Penalties. - 55A. Adjudication of penalties. - 55B. Power to enter, inspect, survey, etc. 56. Penalty for contravention for directions or orders of Central Government, State Government, - National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Boards. 57. Offences by companies. 58. [Omitted.]. 59. Act to have effect in addition to other Acts. - 59A. Act not to apply to certain persons. 60. Power of Central Government to give directions to State Government. 61. Cognizance of offences. 62. Power of Central Government to make rules. 63. Power of State Government to make rules. 64. Power to make regulations. 65. Power to remove difficulties. THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002 ACT NO. 18 OF 2003 [5 th February, 2003.] An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Chapter XII: ## MISCELLANEOUS WHEREAS India is rich in biological diversity and associated traditional and contemporary knowledge system relating thereto. AND WHEREAS India is a[1] [Party] to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity signed at Rio de Janeiro on the 5th day of June, 1992; AND WHEREAS the said Convention came into force on the 29th December, 1993; AND WHEREAS the said Convention reaffirms the sovereign rights of the States over their biological resources; AND WHEREAS the said Convention has the main objective of conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of utilisation of genetic resources; 2[AND WHEREAS India is a Party to the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation to the convention on Biological Diversity which was adopted on the 29th October, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to provide for conservation, sustainable utilisation, fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of utilisation of biological resources and also to give effect to the said Convention.] BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—