law: Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
  26. Provisions Regarding Existing Discharge of Sewage or Trade Effluent.
  
  Where immediately before the commencement of
  
  this Act any person was discharging any sewage or trade effluent into a stream
  
  or well or sewer or on land the provisions of section 25 shall, so far as may
  
  apply in relation to such person as they apply in relation to the person referred
  
  to in that section subject to the modification that the application for consent
  
  to be made under sub-section (2) of that section [ 43 shall be made on or
  
  before such date as may be specified by the State Government by notification in
  
  this behalf in the Official Gazette.