Karnataka Koragas (Prohibition of Ajalu Practice) Act, 2000 Preamble 1 - Bare Act

THE KARNATAKA KORAGAS (PROHIBITION OF AJALU PRACTICE) ACT, 2000

[Act, No. 30 of 2000]¹

[10th December, 2000]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the prevention of using the services of Koragas for Ajalu practice in some parts of the State of Karnataka.

WHEREAS using services of Koragas for Ajalu practice exists in certain parts of the State of Karnataka specially in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts;

AND WHEREAS such practice amounts to exploitation of Koragas and treating them as slaves and which offends human dignity;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to put an end to such practice;

BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fifty first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-

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1. First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the thirteenth day of December 2000