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

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

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Act ID:	201325
Act Number:	25
Enactment Date:	2013-09-18
Act Year:	2013
Short Title:	The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
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
Enforcement Date:	06-12-2013
Notification:	6th December, 2013, vide notification No. S.O. 2989(E), dated 1st October, 2013, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii).

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER II

IDENTIFICATION OF INSANITARY LATRINES

CHAPTER III

PROHIBITION OF INSANITARY LATRINES AND EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGER

CHAPTER IV

IDENTIFICATION OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND THEIR REHABILITATION

CHAPTER V

IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES

CHAPTER VI

PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL

CHAPTER VII

VIGILANCE COMMITTEES

CHAPTER VIII

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. Show Related Subordinates
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Act to have overriding effect.
Section 4. Local authorities to survey insanitary latrines and provide sanitary community latrines.
Section 5. Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual scavenger.
Section 6. Contract, agreement, etc., to be void.
Section 7. Prohibition of persons from engagement or employment for hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
Section 8. Penalty for contravention of section 5 or section 6.
Section 9. Penalty for contravention of section 7.
Section 10. Limitation of prosecution.
Section 11. Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities.
Section 12. Application by an urban manual scavenger for identification.
Section 13. Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Municipality.
Section 14. Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.
Section 15. Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification.
Section 16. Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Panchayat.
Section 17. Responsibility of local authorities to ensure elimination of insanitary latrines.
Section 18. Authorities who may be specified for implementing provisions of this Act.
Section 19. Duty of District Magistrate and authorised officers.
Section 20. Appointment of inspectors and their powers.
Section 21. Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrate.
Section 22. Offence to be cognizable and non-bailable.
Section 23. Offences by companies.
Section 24. Vigilance Committees.
Section 25. Functions of Vigilance Committee.
Section 26. State Monitoring Committee.
Section 27. Functions of the State Monitoring Committee.
Section 28. Duty of States or Union territories to send periodic reports to the Central Government.
Section 29. Central Monitoring Committee. Show Related Subordinates
Section 30. Functions of the Central Monitoring Committee.
Section 31. Functions of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis.
Section 32. Power of State Government to designate an appropriate authority to monitor the implementation of this Act.
Section 33. Duty of local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers, etc.
Section 34. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 35. Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.
Section 36. Power of appropriate Government to make rules.
Section 37. Power of Central Government to make model rules.
Section 38. Power to remove difficulties.
Section 39. Power to exempt.

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
01-01-1993	Gazettee of India, Extraordinary, 1955, Part II, Section 3, page 971
01-10-2013	NOTIFICATION S.O.2989(E)
13-01-2014	NOTIFICATION S.O.89(E)
28-02-2014	NOTIFICATION S.O.605(E)
07-08-2014	NOTIFICATION S.O.2008(E)
16-02-2017	NOTIFICATION S.O476(E)
02-05-2017	NOTIFICATION S.O.1389(E)
01-03-2018	NOTIFICATION S.O.888(E)