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The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Act No. 25 of 2013 · Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- Sections
- 39
- Chapters
- 8
- Classified offences
- 1
Contents
IPreliminary§ 1–33 sections
IIIdentification of Insanitary Latrines§ 41 sections
IIIProhibition of Insanitary Latrines and Employment and Engagement as Manual Scavenger§ 5–106 sections
- 5Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual scavenger.
- 6Contract, agreement, etc., to be void.
- 7Prohibition of persons from engagement or employment for hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
- 8Penalty for contravention of section 5 or section 6.
- 9Penalty for contravention of section 7.
- 10Limitation of prosecution.
IVIdentification of Manual Scavengers in Urban and Rural Areas and Their Rehabilitation§ 11–166 sections
- 11Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities.
- 12Application by an urban manual scavenger for identification.
- 13Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Municipality.
- 14Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.
- 15Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification.
- 16Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Panchayat.
VIProcedure for Trial§ 21–233 sections
VIIVigilance Committees§ 24–329 sections
- 24Vigilance Committees.
- 25Functions of Vigilance Committee.
- 26State Monitoring Committee.
- 27Functions of the State Monitoring Committee.
- 28Duty of States or Union territories to send periodic reports to the Central Government.
- 29Central Monitoring Committee.
- 30Functions of the Central Monitoring Committee.
- 31Functions of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis.
- 32Power of State Government to designate an appropriate authority to monitor the implementation of this Act.
VIIIMiscellaneous§ 33–397 sections
- 33Duty of local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers, etc.
- 34Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 35Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.
- 36Power of appropriate Government to make rules.
- 37Power of Central Government to make model rules.
- 38Power to remove difficulties.
- 39Power to exempt.