Section 15
Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification.
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.
(1) Any person working as a
manual scavenger, in a rural area, may, either duringthe survey undertaken by the Panchayat within
whose jurisdiction he works, in pursuance ofsection 14 or at any time thereafter, apply, in such manner, as
may be prescribed, to the ChiefExecutive Officer of the concerned Panchayat, or to any other officer
authorised by him inthis behalf, for being identified as a manual scavenger.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Executive Officer shallcause it to be enquired into, either as part of the survey undertaken under section 14 or whenno such survey is in progress, within fifteen days of receipt of such application, so as toascertain whether the applicant is a manual scavenger.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Executive Officer shallcause it to be enquired into, either as part of the survey undertaken under section 14 or whenno such survey is in progress, within fifteen days of receipt of such application, so as toascertain whether the applicant is a manual scavenger.