THE LAKSHADWEEP GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
1VOL. LX. No. 21 TUESDAY, 9th JULY, 2024/ 18th ASHADA, 1946 (SAKA)
ADMINISTRATION OF THE
UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP
( DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE & TRIBAL AFFAIRS)
KAVARATTI-682 555
Dated: 09-07-2024
NOTIFICATION
F.No.15/05/2023-SWTA/119 :- In exercise of powers conferred by Section 21 of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013, read along with Section 2(r), the Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep is pleased to confer powers of Judicial Magistrate of the first class to Executive Magistrate at each island for trial of offences under this Act and they shall be deemed, for the purposes of The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to be a Judicial Magistrate of first class.
/By Order and in the name of the Administrator/
Sd/- (ARJUN MOHAN, IAS) Secretary Social Welfare & Tribal Affairs Email ID: [email protected]