Domestic Violence Act 2005 Section 6 : Duties of shelter homes : If an aggrieved person or on her behalf a Protection Officer or a service provider requests the person in charge of a shelter home to provide shelter to her, such person in charge…
Domestic Violence Act 2005 Section 5 : Duties of police officers, service providers and Magistrate : A police officer, Protection Officer, service provider or Magistrate who has received a complaint of domestic violence or is otherwise present at the place of an incident of domestic…
Domestic Violence Act 2005 Chapter III : Powers And Duties Of Protection Officers, Service Providers, Etc : Section 4 : Information to Protection Officer and exclusion of liability of informant : (1) Any person who has reason to believe that an act of domestic violence…
Domestic Violence Act 2005 Chapter II : Domestic Violence : Section 3 : Definition of domestic violence : For the purposes of this Act, any act, omission or commission or conduct of the respondent shall constitute domestic violence in case it (a) harms or injures…
Domestic Violence Act 2005 Section 2 : Definitions : In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) aggrieved person means any woman who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the respondent and who alleges to have been subjected to any act…
Protection Of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 ACT NO. 43 OF 2005 [13th September, 2005.] ---------- Statement of Objects and Reasons : Domestic violence is undoubtedly a human rights issue and serious deterrent to development. The Vienna Accord of 1994 and the Beijing Declaration…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 26 : Rules made under this Act to be laid before Parliament : Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 25 : Power to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 24 : Effect of other laws : (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the provisions of this Act and the rules or orders made therein shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 23 : Power to delegate : Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be specified in the…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 22 : Bar of jurisdiction : No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of anything done, action taken or order or direction issued by the Central Government or any other authority or officer…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 21 : Members, officers and employees of the authority, constituted under section 3 to be public servants : All the members of the authority, constituted, if any, under section 3 and all officers and other employees of such authority when…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 20 : Information, reports or returns : The Central Government may, in relation to its functions under this Act, from time to time, require any person, officer, State Government or other authority to furnish to it or any prescribed authority…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 19 : Cognizance of offences : No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by (a) the Central Government or any authority or officer authorised in this behalf by that Government; or…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Chapter IV : Miscellaneous : Section 18 : Protection of action taken in good faith : No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer or other employee of the Government or any authority constituted…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 17 : Offences by Government Departments : (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by any Department of Government, the Head of the Department shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 16 : Offences by companies : (1) Where any offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was directly in charge of, and was responsible to, the company…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 15 : Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act and the rules, orders and directions : (1) Whoever fails to comply with or contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, or the rules made or orders or…
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 14 : Reports of Government Analysts : Any document purporting to be a report signed by a Government Analysts may be used as evidence of the facts stated therein in any proceeding under this Act.
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 Section 13 : Government Analysts : The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint or recognise such persons as it thinks fit and having the prescribed qualifications to be Government Analysts for the purpose of analysis of samples…