THE TAMIL NADU PROHIBITION OF EVE TEASING ACT, 1998 THE TAMIL NADU PROHIBITION OF EVE TEASING ACT, 1998 Act No.44 of 1998 An Act to Prohibit Eve-Teasing in any place in the State of Tamil Nadu. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty-nine year of the Republic of India as follows:- Explanatory Statement for the Ordinance Eve-teasing in public places has been a perennial problem, Recently, incidents of eve-teasing leading to serious injuries and even death to woman have come to the notice of the Government. The Government are of the view that eve-teasing is menace to society as a whole and has to be eradicated. With this in view, the Government propose to promulgate an ordinance prohibiting eve-teasing in the State of Tamil Nadu. 2. The Ordinance seeks to give effect to the above proposal. 1. Short title and commencement- (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu prohibition of Eve-teasing Act, 1998. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of July 1998. 2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "eve-teasing" means any indecent conduct or act by a.....
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