Section 14
Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
About this Act
An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
If any Panchayat has reason to
believe that some persons are engaged in manualscavenging within its jurisdiction, the Chief Executive
Officer of suchPanchayat shall causea survey of such manual scavengers to be undertaken, mutatis
mutandis, in accordance withthe provisions of section 11 and section 12, to identify such person.