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No. 91 Poudouchéry Vendredi 12 Septembre 2014 (21 Bhadra 1936)

No. Puducherry Friday 12th September 2014

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LAW DEPARTMENT

No. 6393/2014-LD.

Puducherry, the 2nd September 2014.

NOTIFICATION

The notification dated 19th September 2013 of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), Government of India, New Delhi published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, No. 35, Part-II, Section - 1, dated 19th September 2013 is hereby republished for general information of the public.

(By order)

N. MURUGAVEL,

Under Secretary to Government (Law).

[ 565 ]LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 566 566 S h o r t t i t l e e x t e n t and commencement.

DefinitionsPART-I ] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT 567 41 of 2006.

64 of 1993.

24 of 1989.

41 of 2006.

A c t t o h a v e overriding effect.

46 of 1993.

Local authorities to s u r v e y i n s a n i t a r y latrines and provide sanitary community latrines.

46 of 1993.

P r o h i b i t i o n o f insanitary latrines a n d e m p l o y m e n t and engagement of manual scavenger.

Contract agreement etc., to be void.

P r o h i b i t i o n o f p e r s o n s f r o m e n g a g e m e n t o r e m p l o y m e n t f o r hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic t a n k s .

P e n a l t y f o r c o n t r a v e n t i o n o f s e c t i o n 5 o r section 6.

P e n a l t y f o r c o n t r a v e n t i o n o f section 7.

L i m i t a t i o n o f prosecution.

Survey of manual scavengers in urban a r e a s b y Municipalities.

Application by an u r b a n m a n u a l s c a v e n g e r f o r identification.

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n of p e r s o n s i d e n t i f i e d as manual scavengers b y a Municipality.

Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.

Application by a r u r a l m a n u a l s c a v e n g e r f o r identification.

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n o f p e r s o n s i d e n t i f i e d as manual scavengers b y a P a n c h a y a t .

R e s p o n s i b i l i t y of local authorities to ensure elimination of insanitary latrines.

A u t h o r i t i e s w h o may be specified for i m p l e m e n t i n g provisions of this Act.

D u t y o f D i s t r i c t M a g i s t r a t e a n d authorised officers.

Appointment of inspectors and their powers.

45 of 1860.

2 of 1974.

Offences to be tried b y E x e c u t i v e Magistrate.

2 of 1974.

2 of 1974.

O f f e n c e t o b e cognizable and non- bailable.

O f f e n c e s b y companies.

Vigilance Committees.

F u n c t i o n s o f Vigilance Committee.

State Monitoring C o m m i t t e e .

Functions of State Monitoring Committee.

Duty of States or Union territories to send periodic reports to the Central G o v e r n m e n t .

Central Monitoring C o m m i t t e e .

Functions of Central Monitoring Committee.

Functions of National C o m m i s s i o n f o r Safai Karamcharis.

Power of State G o v e r n m e n t t o d e s i g n a t e a n appropriate authority t o m o n i t o r t h e implementation of this Act.

Duty of local authorities and other a g e n c i e s t o u s e modern technology for cleaning of sewers, e t c .

Protection of action taken in good faith.

Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.

Power of appropriate Government to make rules.

Power of Central Government to make model rules.

Power to remove difficulties.

Power to exempt ————

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