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According to Sarah Pinto, an anthropologist, modern untouchability in India applies to people whose work relates to "meat, and bodily fluids". [20] Based on the punishments prescribed in The Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 the following practices could be understood to have been associated with Untouchability in India:
Five years after the Constitution of India was adopted, the necessary legislation - the Untouchability (Offences) Act (UOA) 1955 - was enacted. It was amended and renamed in 1976 as the Protection of Civil Rights Act (PCRA). Though UOA did not precisely define the offence, it was a major step forward, and had several enabling provisions.
Aside from the Constitutional abolition of untouchability, there has been the Untouchability (Offences) Act of 1955, which was amended in the same year to become the Protection of Civil Rights Act. It was determined that neither of those Acts were effective, so the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989 (POA ...
Criminal Tribes Acts repealed by government, former "criminal tribes" categorized as "denotified" and Habitual Offenders Act (1952) enacted. 1955: The Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955. [6] Reform of family law concerning Hindus gives more rights to Hindu women. 1958: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 [7] 1973
Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act: 1955: 19 Protection of Civil Rights Act: 1955: 22 State Bank of India Act: 1955: 23 Hindu Marriage Act: 1955: 25 Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act: 1955: 32 Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act: 1955: 36 Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act: 1955: 39 Prize Competitions Act ...
The practice of untouchability, in its overt and covert form was made a cognizable and non-compoundable offence, and strict punishment is provided for any such offence. The act was finally passed somehow with controversies.
Outraging public decency. Outraging public decency is a common law offence in England and Wales, [1] Hong Kong [2] and the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. [3]: 42. It is punishable by unlimited imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. [1] But in Hong Kong, the one who committed the offence can only be imprisoned for 7 years at ...
The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) entered into force on 22 June 2006 as an important addition to the UNCAT. As stated in Article 1, the purpose of the protocol is to "establish a system of regular visits undertaken by independent international and national bodies to places where people are deprived of their liberty, in order to prevent torture and other cruel ...