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 34: Protection of action taken in good faith.
    No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against an appropriateGovernment or any officer of the appropriate Government or any member of the Committeefor anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
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