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Title: Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....conservation of dry latrines into water-seal latrines and prevention of construction of dry latrines are not stringent enough to eliminate this practice; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to enact a uniform legislation for the whole of India for abolishing manual scavenging by declaring employment of manual scavengers for removal of human excreta an offence and thereby Hanna the further proliferation of dry latrines in the country; AND WHEREAS it is desirable for eliminating the denominating practice of employment of manual scavengers and for protecting and improving the human environment to make it obligatory to convert dry; latrines into water-seal latrines or to construct water-seal latrines in new constructions; AND WHEREAS Parliament has no power to make laws for the States with respect to the matters aforesaid, except as provided in articles 249 and 250 of the Constitution; AND WHEREAS in pursuance of clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, resolutions have been passed by all the Houses of the Legislatures of the States of Andhra Pradesh, GAO, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal that the matters aforesaid should be regulated in those States by.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Preamble
Title: the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
State: Central
Year: 2013
THE PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR REHABILITATION ACT, 2013 [Act No. 25 of 2013] [18th September, 2013] PREAMBLE (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.) Whereas promoting among the citizens fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual is enshrined as one of the goals in the Preamble to the Constitution; And whereas the right to live with dignity is also implicit in the Fundamental Rights guaranteed in Part HI of the Constitution; And whereas article 46 of the Constitution, inter alia, provides that the State shall protect the weaker sections, and, particularly, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes from social injustice and all forms of exploitation; And whereas the dehumanising practice of manual scavenging, arising from the continuing existence of insanitary latrines and a highly iniquitous caste system, still persists in various parts of the country, and the existing laws have not proved adequate in eliminating the twin evils of insanitary latrines and manual scavenging; .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 11
Title: Survey of Manual Scavengers in Urban Areas by Municipalities
State: Central
Year: 2013
.....sub-section (4), shall, within a period of fifteen days from such publication, file an objection, in such form as the Municipality may notify, to the Chief Executive Officer. (6) All objections received in pursuance of sub-section (5), shall be enquired into, and thereafter a final list of persons found to be working as manual scavengers within the local limits of the municipality, shall be published by it in such manner, as may be prescribed. (7) As soon as the final list of manual scavengers, referred to in sub-section (6) is published, the persons included in the said list shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 6, stand discharged from any obligation to work as manual scavengers.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 5
Title: Prohibition of Insanitary Latrines and Employment and Engagement of Manual Scavenger
State: Central
Year: 2013
.....or be converted into a sanitary latrine, by the occupier at his own cost, before the expiry of the period so specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4: Provided that where there are several occupiers in relation to an insanitary latrine, the liability to demolish or convert it shall lie with,-- (a) the owner of the premises, in case one of the occupiers happens to be the owner; and (b) all the occupiers, jointly and severally, in all other cases: Provided that the State Government may give assistance for conversion of insanitary latrines into sanitary latrines to occupiers from such categories of persons and on such scale, as it may, by notification, specify: Provided further that non-receipt of State assistance shall not be a valid ground to maintain or use an insanitary latrine, beyond the said period of nine months. (3) If any occupier fails to demolish an insanitary latrine or convert it into a sanitary latrine within the period specified in sub-section (2), the local authority having jurisdiction over the area in which such insanitary latrine is situated, shall, after giving notice of not less than twenty one days to the occupier, either.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 12
Title: Application by an Urban Manual Scavenger for Identification
State: Central
Year: 2013
(1) Any person working as a manual scavenger in an urban area, may, either during the survey undertaken by the Municipality in pursuance of section 11, within whose jurisdiction he works, or at any time thereafter, apply, in such manner, as may be prescribed, to the Chief Executive Officer of the Municipality, or to any other officer authorised by him in this behalf, for being identified as a manual scavenger. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Executive Officer shall cause it to be enquired into, either as part of the survey undertaken under section 11, or, when no such survey is in progress, within fifteen days of receipt of such application, to ascertain whether the applicant is a manual scavenger. (3) If an application is received under sub-section (1) when a survey under section 11 is not in progress, and is found to be true after enquiry in accordance with sub-section (2), action shall be taken to add the name of such a person to the final list published under sub-section (6) of section 11, and the consequences mentioned in sub-section (7) thereof shall follow.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 13
Title: Rehabilitation of Persons Identified as Manual Scavengers by a Municipality
State: Central
Year: 2013
.....person included in the final list of manual scavengers published in pursuance of sub-section (6) of section 11 or added thereto in pursuance of sub-section (3) of section 12, shall be rehabilitated in the following manner, namely:-- (a) he shall be given, within one month,-- (i) a photo identity card, containing, inter alia, details of all members of his family dependent on him, and (ii) such initial, one time, cash assistance, as may be prescribed; (b) his children shall be entitled to scholarship as per the relevant scheme of the Central Government or the State Government or the local authorities, as the case may be; (c) he shall be allotted a residential plot and financial assistance for house construction, or a ready-built house, with financial assistance, subject to eligibility and willingness of the manual scavenger, and the provisions of the relevant scheme of the Central Government or the State Government or the concerned local authority; (d) he, or at least one adult member of his family, shall be given, subject to eligibility and willingness, training in a livelihood skill, and shall be paid a monthly stipend of not less than three thousand rupees, during.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 15
Title: Application by a Rural Manual Scavenger for Identification
State: Central
Year: 2013
(1) Any person working as a manual scavenger, in a rural area, may, either during the survey undertaken by the Panchayat within whose jurisdiction he works, in pursuance of section 14 or at any time thereafter, apply, in such manner, as may be prescribed, to the Chief Executive Officer of the concerned Panchayat, or to any other officer authorised by him in this behalf, for being identified as a manual scavenger. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Executive Officer shall cause it to be enquired into, either as part of the survey undertaken under section 14 or when no such survey is in progress, within fifteen days of receipt of such application, so as to ascertain whether the applicant is a manual scavenger.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionProhibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 14
Title: Survey of Manual Scavengers in Rural Areas by Panchayats
State: Central
Year: 2013
If any Panchayat has reason to believe that some persons are engaged in manual scavenging within its jurisdiction, the Chief Executive Officer of such Panchayat shall cause a survey of such manual scavengers to be undertaken, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 and section 12, to identify such person.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEmployment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Chapter II
Title: Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers, Etc.
State: Central
Year: 1993
.....of water-seal latrines in that area exist; and (iii) it is necessary or expedient to do so for the protection and improvement of the environment or public health in that area. Section 4 - Power to exempt The State Government may, by a general or special order published in the Official Gazette, and upon such conditions, if any, as it any think fit to impose, exempt any area, category of buildings or class of persons from any provisions of this Act or from any specified requirement contained in this Act or any rule, order, notification or scheme made thereunder or dispense with the observance of any such requirement in a class or classes of cases, if it is satisfied that compliance with such provisions or such requirement is or ought to be exempted or dispenses with in the circumstances of the case.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEmployment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Section 3
Title: Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers, Etc.
State: Central
Year: 1993
(1) Subject so sub-section (2) and the other provisions of this Act, with effect from such date and in such area as the State Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, no person shall-- Prohibition of employment of manual scavengers, etc. (a) engage in or employ for or permit to be engaged in or employed for any other person nor manually carrying human excreta; or (b) construct or maintain a dry; latrine. (2) The State Government shall not issue a notification under sub-section (1) unless-- (i) it has, by notification, given not less than ninety days' notice of its intention to do so; (ii) adequate facilities for the use of water-seal latrines in that area exist; and (iii) it is necessary or expedient to do so for the protection and improvement of the environment or public health in that area.
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