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14/2013 - The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ▶

Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

Year: 2013

Enactment Date: 2013-04-22

Long Title: An Act to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.

    (1) This Act may be called the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
     (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. 9th December, 2013, vide notification No. S.O. 3606(E), dated 9th December, 2013, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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