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RAJASTHAN PREVENTION OF WITCH-HUNTING Act 2015

राजस्‍थान डायन-प्रताड़ना निवारण अधिनियम, 2015

Rajasthan
Act number
14 of 2015
Department
Woman and Child Development Department
Enacted
17 Aug 2015

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15 sections

  1. Section Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. Section Section 2Definitions
  3. Section Section 3Prohibition of witch-hunting and practising witch craft
  4. Section Section 4Punishment for witch-hunting
  5. Section Section 5Punishment for witch craft
  6. Section Section 6Punishment for witch doctor
  7. Section Section 7Punishment for unnatural death of a woman subjected to witch-hunting
  8. Section section 8Power of State Government to impose collective fine
  9. Section section 9Order for compensation
  10. Section section 10Application of certain provisions of the Indian Penal Code
  11. Section section 11Preventive action to be taken by the law and order machinery
  12. Section section 12Preventive and protective actions to be taken by the State Government
  13. Section section 13Act not in derogation of any other law
  14. Section section14Protection of action taken in good faith
  15. Section section 15Power to make rules