Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

  • Act 40 of 2019
  • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
About this Act

An Act to provide for protection of rights of transgender persons and their welfare and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

All sections
        (1) This Act may be called the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
        (2) It extends to the whole of India.
        (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Notes

1. 10th January, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 135(E), dated 10th January, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 2(ii).
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