Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013

Year: 2013

Enactment Date: 2013-09-18

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Department: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

Section 14: Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.
    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.
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