 bill  no  220 of  2018 the  ban on the use of microbeads in cosmetic products bill,  2018 byshri ap jithender reddy, mp a billto provide for banning of use of microbeads in cosmetic products and for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the ban on use of microbeads in cosmetic productsact, 2018short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends fo the whole of indiadefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—(a) 'microbeads' means a water-insoluble solid plastic particle that is less than five millimetres in size;5(b) "plastic" means material which contains as an essential ingredient a high polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate, high density polymers, vinyl, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene resigns or multi-material like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyphenylene oxide, polycarbonate, polybutylene terephthalate;10 15(c) 'rinse-off cosmetic products' means any article, substance or mixture of substances intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled or sprayed on, or introduced into, or otherwise applied to, the human body or any part thereof, or any other areas, surface or thing for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, other than for medical purposes or medical devises, and includes any article intended for use as a component of cosmetic, followed by prompt and specific removal of the product (or any residue of the product) by washing or rinsing with water, rather than leaving it to wear off or wash off, or be absorbed or shed, in the course of time;(d) "prescribe" means prescribed by rule made under this act3 notwithstanding anythiing contained in any other law for the time being in force, no person shall use, manufacture, sell or trade in any rinse-off cosmetic product, which uses microbeads as an ingredient20prohibition on use of microbeads in any rinse-off cosmetic product penalty4 whoever violate the provision of this act shall be punished with imprisonment fora term which may extend up to one year and/or with fine which shall not be less than rupees ten thousand but which may extend upto rupees fifteen thousand25time limit for prosecution of offence5 where an offence punishable under section 3 has been registered, the sessioncourt having jurisdiction shall adjudicate within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify the proceedings comes to their knowledgepower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in sessio, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsaccording to a study, a truckload of plastic finds its way into our oceans every minute the extent of plastic pollutions is so, that at the  current rate of disposal of plastic into our oceans, there is expected to be more plastic in our ocean than marine life in terms of total weight this raises an alarm, that we must pay heed toincreasing plastic chokes up the marine ecosystem—while larger chunks of plastic entrap and strangle marine life such dolphins, turtles, whiles and shark, smaller pieces of plastic are swallowed by smaller fish, crustaceans and even phytoplankton this plastic consumption can accumulate as the food chain goes higher, thus potentially ending up in or very own food plate thus, instead of mitigating the effects of plastic pollution, the primary response to reducing marine pollution, is in reducing the amount of waste generated at the source, and this bill seeks to address this fundamental problemmicrobeads is one such category of plastic which account for a small percentage of plastic pollution in marine ecosystem they measure from one micron, to five millimetre in size given their size, they are the hardest to be collected and recycled, as opposed to bulky plastic waste material that can be simply fished out, and thus are released into open oceans having escaped sewage treatment plantsmicrobeads from either by breaking down of larger fragments of plastic material, making them secondary plastic, they are also manufactured to be used in cosmetic products such as facial soaps or body bath scrubs etc these products are not absolutely essential in our day-to-day life since they are mere beauty-enhancing products several indian institutions have attested to the same, and the national green tribunal has issued several directives in this respectthus, in its endeavour to make the country, plastic-free, this bill intends to ban the production and use of primary micro beads in such personal care-products it marks a beginning in this late-fight against micro plastic pollution in our oceans, and signals a reduced dependence on plastic for the 21st century indiahence this bill memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for banning of use of microbeads in cosmetic products and for matters connected therewith————(shri a p jithender reddy, mp)mgipmrnd—2316ls(s3)—19-12-2018