LawgistThe Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
18ANo enquiry or approval required
1[18A. No enquiry or approval required.-- (1) For the purposes of this Act,--
a) preliminary enquiry shall not be required for registration of a First Information Report against any person; or
(b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person, against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act has been made and no procedure other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall apply.
(2) The provisions of section 438 of the Code shall not apply to a case under this Act, notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.]
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1. Ins. by Act 27 of 2018, s. 2 (w.e.f. 20-8-2018)
RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES
- 15A Rights of victims and witnesses
- 16 Power of State Government to impose collective fine
- 17 Preventive action to be taken by the law and order machinery
- 18 Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons committing an offence under the Act
- 18A No enquiry or approval required
- 19 Section 360 of the Code or the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act not to apply to persons guilty of an offence under the Act
- 20 Act to override other laws
- 21 Duty of Government to ensure effective implementation of the Act
- 22 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 23 Power to make rules
