1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengersand their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India ***.
(3)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notificationin the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that the date so notified shall not be earlier than sixty days after the date ofpublication of [the said notification] in the Official Gazette
Amendment notes (3)
- omitted w.e.f. 31-10-2019 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
- . 6th December, 2013, vide notification No.S.O. 2989(E), dated 1st October, 2013, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii).
- Subs w.e.f. 13-5-2015 . Subs. by Act 17 of 2015, s.3 and the Second Schedule, for "the notification" (w.e.f. 13-5-2015).