Section 25
Functions of Vigilance Committee.
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.
The functions of Vigilance Committee shall be—
(a) to advise the District Magistrate or, as the case may be, the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate, on the action which needs to be taken, to ensure that the provisions of thisAct or of any rule made thereunder are properly implemented;
(b) to oversee the economic and social rehabilitation of manual scavengers;
(c) to co-ordinate the functions of all concerned agencies with a view to channelise adequate credit for the rehabilitation of manual scavengers;
(d) to monitor the registration of offences under this Act and their investigationand prosecution
(a) to advise the District Magistrate or, as the case may be, the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate, on the action which needs to be taken, to ensure that the provisions of thisAct or of any rule made thereunder are properly implemented;
(b) to oversee the economic and social rehabilitation of manual scavengers;
(c) to co-ordinate the functions of all concerned agencies with a view to channelise adequate credit for the rehabilitation of manual scavengers;
(d) to monitor the registration of offences under this Act and their investigationand prosecution