Section 16
Power of State Government to impose collective fine.
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
About this Act
An Act to prevent the commission of offences of atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, to provide for Special Courts and the Exclusive Special Courts for the trial of such offences and for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The provisions of section 10A of the
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (22 of 1955) shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of
imposition and realisation of collective fine and for all other matters connected therewith under this Act.