Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 43 : Repeal and savings : (1) The Protection of Human Rights Ordinance, 1993 is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 42 : Power to remove difficulties : (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 41 : Power of State Government to make rules : (1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 40B : 1.[Power of Commission to make regulations : (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Commission may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, by notification, make regulations to…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 40A : 1.[Power to make rules retrospectively : The power to make rules under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 40 shall include the power to make such rules or any of them retrospectively from a date…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 40 : Power of Central Government to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 39 : Members and officers to be public servants : Every member of the Commission, State Commission and every officer appointed or authorised by the Commission or the State Commission to exercise functions under this Act shall be…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 38 : Protection of action taken in good faith : No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government, State Government, Commission, the State Commission or any Member thereof or any person acting under the…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 37 : Constitution of special investigation teams : Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, where the Government considers it necessary so to do, it may constitute one or more special investigation…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Chapter VIII : Miscellaneous : Section 36 : Matters not subject to jurisdiction of the Commission : (1) The Commission shall not inquire into any matter which is pending before a State Commission or any other Commission duly constituted…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 35 : Accounts and audit of State Commission : (1) The State Commission shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed by the State…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 34 : Accounts and audit : (1) The Commission shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 33 : Grants by the State Government : (1) The State Government shall, after due appropriation made by Legislature by law in this behalf, pay to the State Commission by way of grants such sums of money as…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Chapter VII : Finance, Accounts And Audit : Section 32 : Grants by the Central Government : (1) The Central Government shall, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Commission by way…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 31 : Special Public Prosecutor : For every Human Rights Court, the State Government shall, by notification, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Chapter VI : Human Rights Courts : Section 30 : Human Rights Courts : For the purpose of providing speedy trial of offences arising out of violation of human rights, the State Government may, with the concurrence of the…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 29 : Application of certain provisions relating to National Human Rights Commission to State Commissions : The provisions of sections 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 shall apply to a State Commission and shall…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 28 : Annual and special reports of State Commission : (1) The State Commission shall submit an annual report to the State Government and may at any time submit special reports on any matter which, in its opinion,…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 27 : Officers and other staff of the State Commission : (1) The State Government shall make available to the Commission (a) an officer not below the rank of a Secretary to the State Government who shall be…
Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 Section 26 : 1.[Terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members of State Commissions : The salaries and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson and Members shall be such as may…