TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 47]

chennai, WEDNESday, november 21, 2018

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Part IV—Section 4

Central Acts and Ordinances

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[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2018

[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

ministry of law and justice

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 17th August, 2018 / Shravana 26, 1940 (Saka) .

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the

17th August, 2018, and is hereby published for general information:—

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes

(Prevention of Atrocities) amendment Act, 2018.

No. 27 of 2018

[17th August, 2018.]

An Act further to amend the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes

(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes

(Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. After section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of

Atrocities) Act. 1989, the following section shall be inserted namely:—

“18A. (1) For the purposes of this Act:-

(a) preliminary enquiry shall not be required for registration of a First Information

Report against any person; or

Short title and

commence-

ment.

33 of 1989

Insertion of new

section 18A.

No enquiry or

approval

required

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(b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest. if necessary,

of any person,

against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act has been

made and no procedure other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall apply.

(2) The provisions of section 438 of the code shall not apply to a case under this Act,

notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.”.

Dr. G. Narayana raju,

Secretary to the Government of India.

(By Order of the Governor)

Otem Dai,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(Department of Social Justice and Empowerment)

Notification

New Delhi, the 20th August 2018.

S.O. 4027(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) Section 1 of the

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018

(27 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 20th day of August, 2018, as the

date on which the provision of the said Act shall come into force.

[No. 11012/2/2018-PCR (Desk)]

Rashmi Chowdhary,

Joint Secretary.

(By Order of the Governor)

Otem Dai,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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