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REGISTERED No. D. (D.N.)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Subsection (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 136] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1984/VAISAKHA 8, 1906 Separate pagingisgiventothisPartinorderthatitmaybefiledasaseparate

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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28th April, 1984

G.S.R. 311(E).—In exercise of the powers con- ferred by section 87 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), the Central Government herebv extends to the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the Haryana Prevention of Beggary Act, 1971 (Har- yatia Act No. 9 of 1971) as in force in the state of Haryana at the date of this notification, subject to the following modifications, namely:—

MODIFICATIONS

1. Throughout the Act, for the words "State Go- vernment" the words "Administrator" shall oe sub- stituted and there shall also be made in any sentence in which the words "State Government" occur, such consequential changes as the rules of grauwiar may require;

2. In section 1, in sub-section (2), for the words "State of Haryana", the words "Union Territory of Chandigarh" shall be substituted;

3. In section 2, clause (a) shall be re-lettered as clause (aa) and before clause (aa) so re-lettered, the following clause shall be inserted as clause (a) namel/ :—

'(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union Teiritory of Chandigarh ap- pointed by the President undor article 239 of the Constitution."

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4. in section J, in sub-section (JJ, for the words and figure? "section 61 of the Code of Criminal Pro- ccduis, 1898", the words and figures "section 57 oi the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be sub stiluted;

5. In section 10 for the words and figures "Chap- ter XLH of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the wo\ds and figures "Chapter XXX11I of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be substituted ;

6. In section 11, for the figures "1898" the figures "1973" shall be substituted ;

7. Tn section 19, for the word "State", the words IlUnion Territory of Chandigarh" sJiaU be substitu- ted;

S. In section 24, for sub-section (1), the follow- ing sub-section shall be substituted, namely :—

"(1) the Administrator may direct any person detained in a Certified Institution to be transferred therefrom to any Institution of a like nature in any other part of India in respect of which provision similar to that in the Union Territory of Chandigarh is made by the Government of that part under Tiny law in force therein :

Provided that no person shall be transferred under this section to any part of India without the consent of the State Govern- ment in the case of a State and the Ad- ministrator in the case of a Union Territo- ry."

9. In section 25, for the figure "1890", the figure "1960" shall be substituted; and

10, In section 31, sub-section (4) shall be omit-

ted.

ANNEXURE

The Haryana Prevention of Beggary Act, 1971 (Haryana Act No. 9 of 1971) as Extended .o the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

An Act to provide for the prevention of begging, detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependents in Certified Institution and the cus- today, trial and punishment of beggar offenders.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Twenty-Second Year of the Republic of India, as follows :—

1. Short title extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Haryana Prevention of Beggary Act, 1971.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification appoint.

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the- context

otherwise requires :—

(a) "Administrator" means' the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh ap-

pointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution".

(aa) "beggar" means any person who is found

begging ;

(b) "begging" means—

(i) soliciting or receiving alms in a public place whether or not under any pretence, such as singing, dancing, fortune-telling, performing tricks or selling articles;

(ii) having no visible means of subsistence and wandering about or remaining in any ^public place in such condition or manner as makes' it likely that the per- son doing so exists by soliciting or recei- ving alms;

(iii) entering on any private premises for the

purpose of soliciting or receiving alms;

(iv) exposing or exhibiting with the object of obtaining of extorting alms, any sore, wound, injury, deformity or disease whe- ther of a human being or of an animal; or

(v) allowing oneself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms ;

but does not include soliciting or receiving money or food or gifts for a purpose authorised by any law. or authorised in the manner prescribed;

(c) "Certified Institution" means any institu- tion which the Administrator provides and maintains for the detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependents and includes a Certified Home and Special Home;

(d) "Certified Home" means i home certified by the Administrator or by any subordi- nate authority empowered by it in this be- half to be a fit place for the reception and detention of beggars, suffering from leprosy or any other infectious or contagious' dise- ase notified in this behalf by the Admini- strator;

(e) "Chief Inspector" means the person appoin- ted to be the Chief Inspector of Certified Institutions under Section 18 ;

(f) "Child" means a person as defined under

the East Punjab Children Act, 1949 ;

(g) "Court" means the court of a Judicial Ma- gistrate of any class¹ exercising criminal ju- risdiction in the area in which this Act is in force;

(h) "Guardian" means a person who looks after or takes care of a child in the absence of, or in the event of the death of his parents;

(i) "imprisonment" means rigorous or simple imprisonment as described in section 53 of tho Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860);

(j) "Parent" means the father or the mother

of a child;

(k) "Police Officer" means a police officer not below the rank of an Assistant Sub-Inspec- tor;

(1) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules

made under this Act;

(m) "Probation Officer" means- an officer ap- pointed to be a Probation Officer under Section 18 ;

(n) "public place" means arid includes any place or precincts theieof to which for the time being the public have or are permitted to have an access, whether on payment or otherwise and includes a passenger bus and a railway compartment;

(o) "Reception Centre" means an institution for the reception and temporary detention of beggars, provided by the Administrate] or certified to be such under section 13;

(p) "Special Home" means a home notified by the Administrator ais suitable for the rece- ption and detention of beggars, not physi- cally capabfe of doing manual labour but not suffering from leprosy or any other in- fectious or contagious disease; and

(q) "Superintendent" means a Superintendent of a Reception Centre or a Certified Insti- tution as' the case may be.

3. Power to arrest.—<1) Any Police Officerr or other person authorised in this behalf by the Admini- strator may arrest without warrant any beggar :

Provided that no person found begging on any pre- mises, not being a public place, shall be so arrested or shall be liable to any proceedings under This Act except on a complaint made by the occupier of such premises.

(2) Such Police Officer or other" person shall take or send the person so arrested to the nearest police station :

Provided that the other person, may hand him

over to a police officer if he finds' it convenient.

(3) The ^provisions of Section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply to errest made under this section and the officer-in-charge of the police station sBall cause the arrested person to be kept in the prescribed manner until he is brought before a court.

4. Summary inquiry before detention.—(1) Where a person is brought before a court under Section 3, the court shall make a summary inquiry In the pres- cribed manner as regards the allegation that he was found begging.

(2) If the inquiry referred to in sub-section (1) cannot be completed forthwith, the court may ad- journ it from time to time and order the person to be remanded to such place and custody as rnay be convenient or release htm on a bail bond, with or without sureties.

(3) i r on making the inquiry referred to in sub- section (1), the court is not satisfied that the person was found begging jt shall order that such person be released forthwith.

(4)_ If, on making the inquiry referred to in sub- section (1) the court is satisfied that such person was found begging it ^hall record a finding that the per- son is a beggar and convict him accordingly.

(5) The court shall order the person convicted under sub-section (4) to be detained in a Certified Institution in accordance with the provisions uf sec- tion 7 for a period of not less than one year and not more than two years:

Provided that if Ihe court is satisfied from the cir- cumstances^ of the case that such person is not likely to beg again', it may release him after due admoni- tion on a bond for his abstaining from begging, being executed with or without sureties, as the court may require, by the beggar or any other person whom the court considers suitable :

Provided further that if the btggar it a minor, the

bond shall be with sureties.

(6) In passing an order under this i-ection, the court shall have regard to the following considera- tions :—

(a) the age and character of the beggar;

(b) the circumstances and conditions in which

the beggar is living;

(c) report , if any, made by the Probation Offi-

cer; and

(d) such other matters as may, in the opinion of the court, require to be taken into con- sideration in the interest of the beggar.

(7) The report of the Probation Officer or any other report considered by the court sha]] be treated as confidential :

Provided that if such report relates to the character, health or conduct of, or the circumstances and con- ditions in which the beggar is living, the court may if it thinks expedient so to do communicate the sub- stance thereof to the beggar or, if the beggar is de- pendent to his parent or guardian, if any, and may give the beggar or the parent or guardian, as the case may be, an opportunity of producing evidence which may be relevant to the matters stated in the report. , , (⁸\ _A copy of the order made under sub-section (5) shall be sent forthwith by the court to the Chief Inspector.

(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, when the person found to be a beggar as aforesaid is a child, the court shall not make any order under sub-section (5) but forward the child to a court constituted under the East Punjab Children Act, 1949, for being dealt with under that Act. For the pulrpose of ascertaining the age of the beggar, the court may, if necessary, cause him to be examined by a medical officer.

5. Penalty for begging after detention.—(1) Whoever having been previously detained in a Certi- fied Institution in accordance with the provisions of section 4 is found begging again shall on conviction be punishable as is hereinafter provided in this sec- tion.

(2) When a person is convicted for the second time the court shall order him to be detained in a Certified Institution for a. period not less than one yean: and not more than three years.

(3) When a person is convicted for the third or subsequent time? the court shall order him to be de- tained for a period of five years in the Certified Insti- tution and may convert any period of such detention, not exceeding one year, into a sentence of imprison- ment :

Provided that the total period of detention and im-

prisonment, if any, shall not exceed five years.

Power of court to detain dependents.—(1) When the court has ordered the detention of a beggar in a Certified Institution under Section 4 or Section 5, it may after making such inquiry at it thinks fit, order any person who is wholly dependent on such beggar to be detained in a Certified Institution for a like period :

Provided that before such an order is made such dependent or his parents or guardian, if any, as the case may be, shall be given an opportunity of show- ing cause why it should not be made."

(2) Where the dependent person is a child above the age of five years, the court shall forward him to a court constituted under the East Punjab Children Act, 19*49, for being dealt with thereunder.

7. Report of Medical Officer before committal.— C1) The court which finds a person to be guilty under section 4 or section 5 shall, before passing any senten- ce of his committal to a Certified Institution, send such' person to the medical officer incnarge of the local civil hospital or to the medical officer attached to a Certified Institution, if any, and call for a report above his age, physical capacity for ordinary manual labour and also whether he is suffering from any in- fectious or contagious disease.

(2) If the medical officer certifies that the said person is not a child, is physically capable of ordinary manual labour and js not suffering from any infectious or contagious¹ disease, the court shall pass a sentence for a committal of such person to a Certified Institu- tion.

(3) If the medical officer reports that the said person is physically incapable of ordinary manual la- bour but is not suffering from any infectious or con- tagious disease, the court shall pass a sentence for committal of such person to a Special Home.

(4) If the medical officer reports that the said person is suffering from any infectious or contagious

disease, the coart shall pass a sentence for committal of such person to a Certified Home.

8. Punishment for escape from Certified Institu- tion.—Wherever escapees, from a Certified Institution to which he has been committed on conviction under the provisions of this Act befo.e the expiry of the period for which he has been committed, shall be puishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months.

9. Penalty for employing persons for begging,— Whoever empl'oys ox causes any person to solicit or receive alms, or whoever having the custody, charge or care of -a child, connives at oi encourages the em- ployment or the causing of a child to solicit or recei- ve alms or whoever uses another person as on exhibit for the purpose of begging, shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years but which shall! not be less than one year.

10. Bonds.—The provisions of Chaprei XXXIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall so far as may be, apply to bonds taken under this Act.

11. Appeal.—An appeal or revision shall lie as provided in Part VII of the Code, of Criminal Proce- dure, 1973, from any order of deteution made under this Act. The period of detention shall be deemed to be a sentence of imp isonment for the same period.

12. Power to relase.—If the Administrator of

any time, of its own motion or on application made to it, is satisfied that a person convicted under sec- tion 4 or section 5 and committed to a Certified In- stitution has been cured of the disease or is in a fit state of hearth to earn his living or is otherwise fit to be discharged before ihe expiry of the period for which he has been committed, the Administrator may by order, direct that the person so detained shall be released subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order.

13. Reception Centres.—-The Administrator may provide and maintain one or more Reception Centres at such place or places as it thinks lit, and may certi- fy any insti ution to be a Reception Centre for the purposes of this Act.

14. Certified Institution.—(1) The Administrator may provide and maintain oiie or more Certified In- stitutions at such place or places as it thinks fit, and may certify any institution to be a Certified Institu- tion for the purposes of this Act. Any Mich Cei tilled institution may also provide for the teaching of agri- cultural, industrial and other pursuits, and for the general education and medical care of (he inmates.

(2) Every Certified Institution and Reception Cen-

tre shall be under the charge of a Superintendent.

15. Search in Reception Centres and Certified In- s'itutrons.—The Superintendent of a Reception Cen- tre or a Certified Instiution may order that any per- son received in the Reception Centre or Certified In- stitution shall be searched, cleansed, that his personal effects shall be inspected, and that any money or valuables found with or on the s'aid person shall be kept in the custody of such Superintendent, and that any effects other than money or valuables so found shall be disposed of in the prescribed manner. Where un order of detention is passed by :he court against any such person, the Superintendent may order that anj money o± valuables found with or on the said person shall be disposed of in the prescribed manner. Where the court passes an order other than an order of detention with regard to any such person, his money and valuable shall be returned to him and if his clothing has been destroyed, he shah¹ be provided with fresh clothing. The expenses of providing such clothing shall be borne by the Administrator :

Provided that -a. female shall be searched only by

a female with due decency.

16. Management and discipline.—Persons remanded to, or detained in, Reception Centres and Certified Institutions under this Act shall be subject to such ruics of management and discipline including the imposition of manual or other woik and awarding of punishment as may, from time, to time, be prescribed.

17. Disciplinary imprisonment.—Without prejudi- ce to any disciplinary action that may be taken under the section immediately preceding, (he Chief Inspec- tor, the Inspector or Superintendent may report to the court the case of any person detained in a Certi- fied Institution who wilfully disobeys or neglects to comply with any rule referred to in that section; and the court may thereupon, if satisfied that the said peison has wilfully disobeyed or neglected to comply with any such iule, convert the balance of the period of his detention in a Certified Institution or part thereof into a term of imprisonment.

18. Appointment of Chief Inspector and other au- thorities.—(1) For carrying out the purposes of this Act the Administrator may appoint a Chief Inspec- tor of Certified Institutions, Inspectors and such num- be, of Assistant Inspectors and Probation Officers as it thinks fit to assist the Chief Inspector, and every peison so appointed toassist the Chief Inspector, shall have the powers, and perform such of the duties of the Chief Inspector, as the Administrator may direct, but shall act under the directions of the Chief Inspec- tor.

(2) Every Certified Institution shall, at least once in every six months, be inspected by the Chief Inspec- tor.

19. Transfer from one Reception Centre or Certi- fied Institution to another.—(1) Subject to conditions prescribed, the Chief Inspector may direct any per- son detained in a Reception Centre or Certified Insti- tution to be transferred therefrom to another Recep- tion Centre or Certified Institution in the Union Ter- ritory of Chandigarh :

Provided that the total period of detention of such person shall in no case be increased by such transfer.

(2) In directing such transfur the Chief Inspector shall have regard to the medical certificate and the directions, if any, made by the Administrator, or court under section 23.

20. Release on, licence.—(1) Subject to such con-

ditions as may bo prescribed—

(a) the Chief Inspector or the Superintendent of the Certified Institution may at any time grant permission to a person detained in a Certified Institution to absent himself for short peripds, and

(b) the Chief Inspector may at any time release such person conditionally and issue him a licence therefor.

(2) Any such licence shall.be in force until the expiry of the texm for which the person was ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution, unless sooner revoked.

(3) The peiiod during which such person is absent from a Certified Institution by permission or by licen- ce as aforesaid shall, for the purpose of computing his term of detention in a Certified Institution, be deemed to be part of his detention.

21. Revocation of licence.—(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Chief inspector may be at any time, revoke licence issued under sec- tion 20, and thereupon the released person shall be detained in, a Ceitified Institution until the expiry of the term for which he had been ordered to be detain- ed.

(2) For the purpose of this section the Chief Ins- pector may if necessary, cause the released person to be arrested and sent to the nearest Reception Cen- tre together with a copy of the order of detention, and thereupon the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 22 may apply.

22. Procedure on order of detention or sentence of imprisonment.—(1) Subject to the provisions' of sub- eection (2) when a person has been ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution under Section 4, section 5 or Section 6, the court which ordered the detention shall forthwith foiward him to the nearest Reception, Centre with a copy of the order of deten- tion. The person shall thereupon be handed over to the custody of the Superintendent of the Reception Centre and shall be detained in the Reception Centre until he is sent therefrom to a Certified Institution.

(2) When any such person has also been, sentenced to imprisonment under sub-section (3) of Section 5, or Section 17, the court passing the sentence of im- prisonment shall forthwith forward a warrant to a jail in which he is to be confined and shall forward him to such jail with the warrant together with a copy of the order of detention. After the sentence of imprisonment is fully executed, the officer execut- ing it shall, if detention in a Certified Institution for any period remains to be undergone by such person, forward him forthwith together with a copy of the order of detention to the nearest Reception Centre, and theicupon the provisions of sub-seclion (I) shall apply.

(3) In computing the period for which a person is ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution there shall be included the period for which he is detained in a Reception Centre under this Section.

23. Medical Examination and detention of leprosy patients and lunatics.—(1) Where it appears to the Administrator that any beggar detained in a Certified Institution under any order of a court is of unsound mind or is a leper, the Administrator may by any order setting forth the grounds of belief that the beggar is of unsound mind or a laper order his re- moval to a mental hospital or leper asylum or other place of safe custody, there to be kept and treated as Administrator directs during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or, if on .the expiration of that term it is certified by a medical' officer tnaf it is necessary for the safety of the beggar or of others the he should be further detained under medical care or treatment, he should be de- tained until he is discharged according to law.

(2) Where it/appears¹ to the Administrator that the beggar has ceased tp be of unsound mind, or is cured of leprosy, the Administrator shall, if he is no longer liable to be kept in custody, order him to be discharged. In case the beggar is still liable to be kept in custody the Administrator shall, by an order directed to the person having charge of the beggar, send him to the Certified Institution from which he was removed.

(3) The'provisions of Section 31 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, and the provisions of Section 14 of the Lepers. Act, 1898, shall apply to every beg- gar confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained; and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under that sub-section shall be reck- oned as part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the Court to be detained :

Provided that where the removal of a- beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy - is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to a court having jurisdiction under the Indian Lun- acy Act, 1912, or the Lepers Act, 1898, as the case may be, for an immediate order of his committal to a mental hospital or a leper asylum.

24. Transfer between Certified Institutions'.—(1) The Administrator may direct any person detained in a Certified Institution to be transferred therefrom to any Institution of a like nature in any other part of India in respect of which provision similar to that in the. Union Territory of Chandigarh is made by the Government of that part under any law in force there- in :

(2) The Administrator may, in consultation with the Superintendent of any Certified Institution con- sent to the transfer to that Institution of any person in respect of whom an order of detention has been made by a competent authority in any other part of India of the natuie of an order made under this Act directing him to be detained in a Certified Institution or Institution of a like nature and upon such transfer the provisions of this Act shall apply to such persons.

25. Seizure and disposal of animals.—(1) Any police officer or other person effecting under sub- section (1) of section 3, the arrest of a person who was found begging may seize any animal the sore, wound, injury, deformity or disease of which was ex- posed or exhibited by such person with the object of soliciting or receiving alms.

(2) The Police Officer or other person effecting the seizure may remove such animal to any infirmary appointed under section 35 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, for detention therein pending orders of the Court under sub-section (3) :

Provided that the other person may hand over the seized animal to a police officer if he finds it conve- nient.

(3) The court before which the person found begging is brought may direct that the animal shall be treated and cared for in such infirmary until it Is fit for discharge or that it shall be sent to a pinjra- pole, or if the veterinary officer in charge of the area in which the animal is found or such other ve- terinary officer as has been authorised by the rules made under section 15 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, certified that it is incurable or cannot be removed without casualty, that it shall be destroyed ; and the court may also order that after release from the infirmary the animal may be confis- cated.

(4) An animal sent for care and treatment to any infirmary shall not, unless the court directs¹ that it shall be sent to a pinj^apole or that it shall be destro- yed, be released from such place except upon a certi- ficate of its fitness for discharge issued by the veteri- nary officer inchrge of the area in which the infir- mary is situated or such other veterinary officer as has been authorised by rules made under section 15 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960.

26. Offenses to be cognizable and non-bailable.— The offences under sections 5 and 9 of this Act shall be cognizable and non-bailable.

27. Persons to be deemed public sen ants.—All persons empowered to perform any function under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants with- in the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860).

28. Visiting Committee.—For every Certified In- stitution, the Administrator shall appoint a Visiting Committee in such manner as may be prescribed and assign such powers, duties and functions to the Com- mittee as may be prescribed.

29. Advisory Committee.—(1) The Arrudnistratoi may , for the whole or any part of the Union Terri- tory, constitute an Advisory Committee consisting oi such persons, not exceeding eleven in number, as if may appoint :

Provided that, where a local authority has agreed to render such financial assistance as the Administra- tor may consider proper in each case, for the main- tenance of Certified Institutions in which beggars from the area subject to the jurisdiction of the local authority are detained, the Administrator shall ap- point such number of persons as it deems fit on the Advisory Committee for such area representing ths local authority.

(2) The Advisory Committee constituted under sub-section (1) in any area, or a any member there- of, may visit at all reasonable times any Certified In- stitution, in which beggars from that area arc detain- ed.

(3) The Advisory Comnyttee may also,—

(a) tender advice as regards management to any Certified InstWion through the Chief Inspector or such

(b) collect subscriptions towards the recurring as well as non-recurring expenses of any or all Certified Institutions within the local area or one in which beggars from that area are detained., and disburse the collections in the prescribed manner;

(c) advise the Administrator, through the Chief Inspctor, as regards the certification of any institution as a Certified Institution or the decertification of any Certified In&titution within the area;

(d) advise the Administrator generally on the working of this Act in that area and parti- cularly on any point referred to it by the Chief Inspector or any other officer speci- fied by the Administrator.

30. Protection of actioh taken under this Act.— No s'uit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person empowered to perform any function under this Act for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

31. Power to make rules.—-(1) The Administta- tor may by notification and subject to the condition of previous publication make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the

generality of the foregoing power, Buch rules' may be provide for,—

Ca) the manner of authorising a purpose under

clause (a) of section 2;

(b) the manner of keeping persons arrested or animals seized under sub-section (1) of section 3 or sub-section (1) of section 25, respectively ;

(c) the manner of making summary inquiry

under sub-section (1) of section 4 ;

(d) the manner in which and the place at which the persons sentenced under section 5 and section 17 shaM serve their periods of im- prisonment ;

(e) the manner of medical examination of beg-

gars ;

(f) the manner in which the effects and the money and valuables referred to in section 15 shall be disposed of ;

(g) the management of Certified Institutions, the detention of persons committed to them and the maintenance, care, treatment and instructions of such persons including all matters relating to their labour and general conduct;

(h) the management and discipline of persons detained in a Reception Centre or Certified Institution inctudiing the imposition i of manual or other work and the awarding of punishment for breach of any rule made unedr this clause ;

(i) the powers and duties of the officers appoin-

ted under section 18 ;

(j) the conditions subject to which the Chief Inspector may direct transfers under sec- tion 19 ;

(k) the conditions subject to which a person may be released on licence under section 20;

(1) the conditions subject to which a licence

may be revoked under section 21 ;

(m) the discharge of persons from Certified In-

stitutions ;

(n) the nature, incidents and maximum periods of the punishment to be imposed on persons detained in Certified Institutions for breach of any rules or for failure or neglect to accept any employment outtside such in institutions which may be secured for them;

(o) the manner of appointing a Visiting Com- mittee under section 28 and the powers, duties and functions thereof;

(p) the appointment of Visiting and Advisory Committees and assignment of powers, du- duties and functions of such committees; and

(q) any other matter which has to be or may

be prescribed.

(3) Any rule made under this section may pro- vide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

32. Removal of difficulties.—If any difficulty ari- ses in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Administrator may by order published in the Official Gazette make such provisions' or give such direction as appears to him to be necessary for removing such difficulty.

[No. U-11015|l|83-UTL(157)]

R. V. PILLAI, Jt. Secy.

PAINTED BY THE MANAGER, 0OVT- OF INDIA PRESS. JUNO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110064

AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054, 1 9 84

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