law: Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977
  1. Short title, extent, application and
  
  commencement
  (1) This Act may be called the Water
  
  (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977.
  (2) It extends to the whole of   India 
  
  except the State of  Jammu and Kashmir  .
  (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
  
  (2), it applies to all the States to which the Water (Prevention and Control of
  
  Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) applies and the  Union
  Territories .
  (4) It shall come into force on such date as
  
  the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.