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सबमेव भारत को राजपत्र The Gazette ofIndia
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II खण्ड 2
PART II - Section 2
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नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, नवम्बर 23, 2009/अग्रहायण 2, 1931 NEW DELHI , MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 , 2009 / AGRAHAYANA 2, 1931
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इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके । Separate paging is given tothis Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation .
LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on 23rd November, 2009:-
BILL NO . 97 OF 2009
ABill further to amend the Civil Defence Act, 1968 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title .
1. This Act may be called the Civil Defence ( Amendment ) Act, 2009.
2. In section 2 of the Civil Defence Act, 1968 ,-
Amendment of section 2.
(i) inclause (a) , after the words "time of such attack", the words " or any measure takenfor the purpose of disaster management, before , during , at, or after any disaster" shall be inserted;
(ii) after clause (1) , the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-
"(g) " disaster" means a disaster as defined in clause ( a) of section 2 ofthe DisasterManagement Act, 2005;
(h) " disaster management" means the disaster management as defined in clause (e) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. ' .
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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
[PART II-SEC . 2]
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
TheCivil Defence in India operates under the authority ofthe Civil Defence Act , 1968 applicable to the whole of India . The said Act aims at providing for continued maintenance ofCivil Defence services which are already in position in the States and Union territories. It also enables the Central Government and the State Governments to extend the scope of CivilDefence if and when it may become necessary to do so .
2. The Civil Defence under the aforesaid Act includes any measures , not amounting to actual combat, for affording protection to any person, property, place or thing in India against any hostile attack whether from air, land, sea and other places , whether such measures are taken before, during , at or after the time of such attack . The Civil Defence is intended to be organised primarily on voluntary basis as an integral part of the defence of the country on a limited scale . Several measures have been initiated for revamping the Civil Defence organisation so as to make it a vibrant institution capable of responding to various situations .
3. Subsequently, the Disaster Management Act , 2005 has been enacted , inter alia, to provide for requisite institutional mechanisms for drawing up and monitoring the implementation of the disaster management plans , ensuring measures by various wings of Government for prevention and mitigating the effects of disasters and for undertaking a holistic , coordinated and prompt response to any disaster situation/disaster.
4. It is felt that the Civil Defence can play a vital role in disaster management also and therefore it has been proposed to expand the role of the Civil Defence by amending the definition of " civil defence " contained in clause ( a ) of section 2 of the Civil Defence Act , 1968 so as to bring within its scope the measures which may be taken for the purpose of disaster management during , at , before , or after any disaster .
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above object .
NewDelhi :
P. CHIDAMBARAM
The 30th September, 2009 .
P.D.T. ACHARY,
Secretary-General.
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