Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955
Section 7A :
1.[Unlawful compulsory labour when to be deemed to be a practice of untouchability :
(1) Whoever compels any person, on the ground of untouchability, to do any scavenging or sweeping or to remove any carcass or to flay any animal or the remove the umbilical cord or to do any other job of a similar nature, shall be deemed to have enforced a disability arising out of untouchability.
(2) Whoever is deemed under sub-section (1) to have enforced a disability arising out of untouchability shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months and not more than six months and also with fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and not more than five hundred rupees.
Explanation :
For the purposes of this section, compulsion includes a threat of social or economic boycott.]
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1. Inserted by Act 106 of 1976, Section 10 (w.e.f. 19.11.1976).
