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 22: Offence to be cognizable and non-bailable.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),every offence under this Act shall be cognizable and non-bailable.
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