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Start Free TrialProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Chapter V
Title: State Human Rights Commissions
State: Central
Year: 1993
..... Provided that every appointment made under this sub-section shall be made after obtaining the recommendations of the Committee referred to in sub-section (1) of section 22 in respect of the State for which a common Chairperson or Member, or both, as the case may be, is to be appointed.] ____________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the following by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006. " (2) The State Commission shall consist of-- (a) a Chairperson who has been a Chief Justice of a High Court; (b) one Member who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court; (c) one Member who is, or has been, a district judge in that State; (d) two members to be appointed from amongst persons having knowledge of, or practical experience in, matters relating to human rights." 2. Inserted by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006. Section 22 - Appointment of Chairperson and Members of State Commission Section 22 - Appointment of Chairperson and1[Members] of State Commission (1) The Chairperson and1[Members] shall be appointed by the Governor by warrant under his hand and seal: Provided that.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Chapter II
Title: The National Human Rights Commission
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....by the Commission (1) The Commission shall meet at such time and place as the Chairperson may think fit. 1[(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Commission shall have the power to lay down by regulations its own procedure.] (3) All orders and decisions of the Commission shall be authenticated by the Secretary-General or any other officer of the Commission duly authorised by the Chairperson in this behalf. ____________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the following by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006. " (2) The Commission shall regulate its own procedure. " Section 11 - Officers and other staff of the Commission (1) The Central Government shall make available to the Commission-- (a) an officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India who shall be the Secretary-General of the Commission; and (b) such police and investigative staff under an officer not below the rank of a Director General of Police and such other officers and staff as may be necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the Commission. (2) Subject to such rules as may.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Amending Act 1
Title: Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....10 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-- "(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Commission shall have the power to lay down by regulations its own procedure.". 9. Amendment of section 12.-- In section 12 of the principal Act,-- (a) in clause (a), after the words "or any person on his behalf", the words "or on a direction or order of any court" shall be inserted; (b) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- "(c) visit, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any jail or other institution under the control of the State Government, where persons are detained or lodged for purposes of treatment, reformation or protection, for the study of the living conditions of the inmates thereof and make recommendations thereon to the Government;". 10. Amendment of section 13.-- In section 13 of the principal Act, after sub-section (5), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:-- "(6) Where the Commission considers it necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, transfer any complaint.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Section 21
Title: Constitution of State Human Rights Commission
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....the case may be, such Member of another State Commission simultaneously if such Chairperson or Member consents to such appointment: Provided that every appointment made under this sub-section shall be made after obtaining the recommendations of the Committee referred to in sub-section (1) of section 22 in respect of the State for which a common Chairperson or Member, or both, as the case may be, is to be appointed.] ____________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the following by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006. " (2) The State Commission shall consist of-- (a) a Chairperson who has been a Chief Justice of a High Court; (b) one Member who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court; (c) one Member who is, or has been, a district judge in that State; (d) two members to be appointed from amongst persons having knowledge of, or practical experience in, matters relating to human rights." 2. Inserted by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Complete Act
Title: Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
State: Central
Year: 1993
..... Section31 - Special Public Prosecutor Chapter VII Section32 - Grants by the Central Government Section33 - Grants by the State Government Section34 - Accounts and audit Section35 - Accounts and audit of State Commission Chapter VIII Section36 - Matters not subject to jurisdiction of the Commission Section37 - Constitution of special investigation teams Section38 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section39 - Members and officers to be public servants Section40 - Power of Central Government to make rules Section40A - Power to make rules retrospectively Section40B - Power of Commission to make regulations Section41 - Power of State Government to make rules Section42 - Power to remove difficulties Section43 - Repeal and savings Amending Act1 - PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006
List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Preamble 1
Title: Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
State: Central
Year: 1993
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993 [Act, No. 10 of 1994] [8th January, 1994] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto. be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Section 3
Title: Constitution of a National Human Rights Commission
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....discharge such functions of the Commission 2 [(except judicial functions and the power to make regulations under section 40B) as may be delegated to him by the Commission or the Chairperson, as the case may be]. (5) The headquarters of the Commission shall be at Delhi and the Commission may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, establish offices at other places in India. ____________________________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006. 2. Substituted for the words "as it may delegate to him" by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f 23.11.2006.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Chapter VI
Title: Human Rights Courts
State: Central
Year: 1993
For the purpose of providing speedy trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights, the State Government may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification, specify for each district a Court of Session to be a Human Rights Court to try the said offences: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply if-- (a) a Court of Session is already specified as a special court; or (b) a special court is already constituted, for such offences under any other law for the time being in force. Section 31 - Special Public Prosecutor For every Human Rights Court, the State Government shall, by notification, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as a Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 Section 30
Title: Human Rights Courts
State: Central
Year: 1993
For the purpose of providing speedy trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights, the State Government may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification, specify for each district a Court of Session to be a Human Rights Court to try the said offences: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply if-- (a) a Court of Session is already specified as a special court; or (b) a special court is already constituted, for such offences under any other law for the time being in force.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProtection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006 Preamble 1
Title: Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
State: Central
Year: 2006
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 [Act No. 43 OF 2006] [13th September, 2006.] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
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