PRELIMINARY
Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
(2) It extends to the whole of India[Omitted] .
(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.Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2.Definitions.
- 3.Punishments for offences atrocities.
- 4.Punishment for neglect of duties.
- 5.Enhanced punishment subsequent conviction.
- 6.Application of certain provisions of the Indian Penal Code.
- 7.Forfeiture of property of certain persons.
- 8.Presumption as to offences.
- 9.Conferment of powers.
- 10.Removal of person likely to commit offence.
- 11.Procedure on failure of person to remove himself from area and enterthereon after removal.
- 12.Taking measurements and photographs, etc., of persons against whom order undersection 10 is made.
- 13.Penalty fornoncompliance of order under section 10.
- 14.Special Court and Exclusive Special Court.
- 14A.Appeals.
- 15.Special Public Prosecutor and Exclusive Public Prosecutor.
- 15A.Rights of victims and witnesses.
- 16.Power of State Governmentto imposecollective fine.
- 17.Preventive action to be taken by the law and order machinery.
- 18.Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons committing an offence under the Act.
- 18A.No enquiry or approval required.
- 19.Section 360 of the Code or the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act not to apply to persons guilty of an offence under the Act.
- 20.Act to overrideother laws.
- 21.Duty of Governmentto ensure effective implementationof the Act.
- 22.Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 23.Power to make rules.
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