Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 The Schedule : (See section 17) : 1. The Bihar Harijan (Removal of Civil Disabilities) Act, 1949 (Bihar Act 19 of 1949). 2. The Bombay Harijan (Removal of Social Disabilities) Act, 1946 (Bombay Act 10 of 1947). 3. The…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 17 : Repeal : The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent to which they or any of the provisions contained therein correspond or are repugnant to this Act or to any of the…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 16B : Power to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) Every rule made by the Central Government under this…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 16A : 1.[Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, not to apply to persons above the age of fourteen years : The provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958), shall not apply to any person above…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 16 : Act to override other laws : Save a otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 15A : 1.[Duty of State Government to ensure that the rights accruing from the abolition of untouchability may be availed of by the concerned persons : (1) Subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 15 : 1.[Offences to be cognizable and triable summarily : (1) Notwith-standing anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), every offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and every such offence, except…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 14A : 1.[Protection of action taken in good faith : (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or a State Government for anything which is in good faith done or intended…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 14 : Offences by companies : (1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person who at the time of the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to,…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 13 : Limitation of jurisdiction of civil Courts : (1) No civil Court shall entertain or continue any suit or proceeding or shall pass any decree or order or execute wholly or partially any decree or order if…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 12 : Presumption by Courts in certain cases : Where any act constituting an offence under this Act is committed in relation to a member of a Scheduled Caste 1.[***], the Court shall presume, unless the contrary is…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 11 : Enhanced penalty on subsequent conviction : Whoever having already been convicted of an offence under this Act or of an abetment of such offence is again convicted of any such offence or abetment, 1.[shall, on conviction,…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 10A : 1.[Power of State Government to impose collective fine : (1) If, after an inquiry in the prescribed manner, the State Government is satisfied that the inhabitants of an area are concerned in, or abetting the commission…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 10 : Abetment of offence : Whoever abets any offence under this Act shall be punishable with the punishment provided for the offence. 1.[Explanation : A public servant who wilfully neglects the investigation of any offence punishable under…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 9 : Resumption or suspension of grants made by Government : Where the manager or trustee of a place of public worship 1.[or any educational institution or hostel] which is in receipt of a grant of land or…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 8 : Cancellation or suspension of licences in certain cases : When a person who is convicted of an offence under section 6 holds any licence under any law for the time being in force in respect of…
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…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 7 : Punishment for other offences arising out of untouchability : (1) Whoever (a) prevents any person from exercising any right accruing to him by reason of the abolition of untouchability under article 17 of the Constitution; or…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 6 : Punishment for refusing to sell goods or render services : Whoever on the ground of untouchability refuses to sell any goods or render any service to any person at the same time and place and on…
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 Section 5 : Punishment for refusing to admit persons to hospitals, etc : Whoever on the ground of untouchability (a) refuses admission to any person to any hospital, dispensary, educational institution or any hostel 1.[***], if such hospital, dispensary,…