The PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 1955

Sections

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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  1. 1.Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Punishment for enforcing religious disabilities.
  4. 4.Punishment for enforcing social disabilities.
  5. 5.Punishment for refusing to admit person to hospitals, etc.
  6. 6.Punishment for refusing to sell goods or render services.
  7. 7.Punishment for other offences arising out of “untouchability”.
  8. 7A.Unlawful compulsory labour when to be deemed to be a practice of “untouchability”.
  9. 8.Cancellation or suspension of licences in certain cases.
  10. 9.Resumption or suspension of grants made by Government.
  11. 10.Abetment of offence.
  12. 10A.Power of State Government to impose collective fine.
  13. 11.Enhanced penalty on subsequent conviction.
  14. 12.Presumption by Courts in certain cases.
  15. 13.Limitation of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
  16. 14.Offences by companies.
  17. 14A.Protection of action taken in good faith.
  18. 15.Offences to be cognizable and triable summarily.
  19. 15A.Duty of State Government to ensure that the rights accruing from the abolition of “untouchability” may be availed of by the concerned persons.
  20. 16.Act to override other laws.
  21. 16A.Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, not to apply to persons above the age of fourteen years.
  22. 16B.Power to make rules.
  23. 17.Repeal.
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