The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act
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.2013
List of Chapters & Sections
PRELIMINARY
IDENTIFICATION OF INSANITARY LATRINES
PROHIBITION OF INSANITARY LATRINES AND EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGER
IDENTIFICATION OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND THEIR REHABILITATION
IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES
PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
MISCELLANEOUS
PRELIMINARY
IDENTIFICATION OF INSANITARY LATRINES
PROHIBITION OF INSANITARY LATRINES AND EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGER
5Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual scavenger6Contract, agreement, etc., to be void7Prohibition of persons from engagement or employment for hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks8Penalty for contravention of section 5 or section 69Penalty for contravention of section 710Limitation of prosecutionIDENTIFICATION OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND THEIR REHABILITATION
11Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities12Application by an urban manual scavenger for identification13Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Municipality14Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats15Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification16Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a PanchayatIMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES
PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
24Vigilance Committees25Functions of Vigilance Committee26State Monitoring Committee27Functions of the State Monitoring Committee28Duty of States or Union territories to send periodic reports to the Central Government29Central Monitoring Committee30Functions of the Central Monitoring Committee31Functions of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis32Power of State Government to designate an appropriate authority to monitor the implementation of this ActMISCELLANEOUS
33Duty of local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers, etc34Protection of action taken in good faith35Jurisdiction of civil courts barred36Power of appropriate Government to make rules37Power of Central Government to make model rules38Power to remove difficulties39Power to exempt