THE PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR REHABILITATION ACT, 2013

ACT NO. 25 OF 2013 · Enacted [18th September, 2013.] · 39 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title, extent and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

Section 3.Act to have overriding effect.

IDENTIFICATION OF INSANITARY LATRINES

Section 4.Local authorities to survey insanitary latrines and provide sanitary community latrines.

PROHIBITION OF INSANITARY LATRINES AND EMPLOYMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGER

Section 5.Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual scavenger.

Section 6.Contract, agreement, etc., to be void.

Section 7.Prohibition of persons from engagement or employment for hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.

Section 8.Penalty for contravention of section 5 or section 6.

Section 9.Penalty for contravention of section 7.

Section 10.Limitation of prosecution.

IDENTIFICATION OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND THEIR REHABILITATION

Section 11.Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities.

Section 12.Application by an urban manual scavenger for identification.

Section 13.Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Municipality.

Section 14.Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats.

Section 15.Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification.

Section 16.Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Panchayat.

IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES

Section 17.Responsibility of local authorities to ensure elimination of insanitary latrines.

Section 18.Authorities who may be specified for implementing provisions of this Act.

Section 19.Duty of District Magistrate and authorised officers.

Section 20.Appointment of inspectors and their powers.

PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL

Section 21.Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrate.

Section 22.Offence to be cognizable and non-bailable.

Section 23.Offences by companies.

VIGILANCE COMMITTEES

Section 24.Vigilance Committees.

Section 25.Functions of Vigilance Committee.

Section 26.State Monitoring Committee.

Section 27.Functions of the State Monitoring Committee.

Section 28.Duty of States or Union territories to send periodic reports to the Central Government.

Section 29.Central Monitoring Committee.

Section 30.Functions of the Central Monitoring Committee.

Section 31.Functions of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis.

Section 32.Power of State Government to designate an appropriate authority to monitor the implementation of this Act.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 33.Duty of local authorities and other agencies to use modern technology for cleaning of sewers, etc.

Section 34.Protection of action taken in good faith.

Section 35.Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.

Section 36.Power of appropriate Government to make rules.

Section 37.Power of Central Government to make model rules.

Section 38.Power to remove difficulties.

Section 39.Power to exempt.