In force · As amended up to 2026-08
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
48. Directions by the Central Government.
49. Disputes between the Corporation and Governments.
50. Compulsory acquisition of land for the Corporation.
51. Control of Central Government.
52. Application of certain provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, to the forests of the Corporation.
53. Penalty.
54. Procedure for prosecution.
55. Power of entry.
56. Members, officers and servants of the Corporation to be public servants.
SECTIONS
57. Protection of action of action taken under the Act.
58. Effect of other laws.
59. Power to make rules.
60. Power to make regulations.
THE SCHEDULE.
THE DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION ACT, 1948
ACT NO. 14 OF 1948[1]
[27 th March , 1948.]
An Act to provide for the establishment and regulation of a Corporation for the development of the Damodar Valley in the Provinces of Bihar and West Bengal.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment and regulation of a Corporation for the development of the Damodar Valley in the Provinces of Bihar and West Bengal:
AND WHEREAS in pursuance of section 103 of the Government of India Act, 1935, (26 Geo. 5, c. 2.) resolutions have been passed by all the Chambers of the Provincial Legislatures of the said Provinces to the effect that certain matters dealt with in this Act which are enumerated in the Provincial Legislative List should be regulated in those Provinces by Act of the Dominion Legislature;
— It is hereby enacted as follows:
Source: India Code