Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act
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Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indian legislation
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:POA_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy 2015
2018
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Act_No._33_of_1989
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1989
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 30 January 1990
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:penalty imprisonment
fine
gptkbp:prohibits commission of atrocities against SC/ST
discrimination against SC/ST
gptkbp:providesFor special courts
appointment of public prosecutors
gptkbp:purpose to prevent atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Scheduled_Castes
gptkb:Scheduled_Tribes
gptkbp:section Section 14 (special courts)
Section 15 (public prosecutors)
Section 3 (offences of atrocities)
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:SC/ST_Act
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5