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 25: Functions of Vigilance Committee.
    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
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