Rajasthan act 13 of 2020 : The Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars or Indigents (Amendment) ACT, 2020

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LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT

(GROUP-IT)

NOTIFICATION Jaipur, September | , 2020

No. F. 2(15)Vidhi/2/2020.- In pursuance of Clause (3) of

Article 348 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased to

authorise the publication in the Rajasthan Gazette of the following

translation in the English language of Rajasthan Bhikhariyon ya

Nirdhan Vyaktiyon ka Punarvas (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2020 (2020

Ka Adhiniyam Sankhyank 7/3) :-

(Authorised English Translation)

THE RAJASTHAN REHABILITATION OF BEGGARS OR

INDIGENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

~ (Act No. )30f 2020)

(Received the assent of the Governor on the |7" day of September,

2020)

An

Act

to amend the Rajasthan Rehabilitation ofBeggars or Indigents Act,

2012.

Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the

Seyenty-first Yearof the Republicof India, as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be

called the Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars or Indigents

(Amendment) Act, 2020.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 35, Rajasthan Act No. 36 of

2012.- For the existing section 35 of the Rajasthan Rehabilitation

of Beggars or Indigents Act, 2012 (Act No. 36 of 2012), the

following shall be substituted, namely:-

"35, A Beggar who is mentally ill, how to be dealt

with.-Whete it appears to the Superintendent of Rehabilitatior

Home or a Rehabilitation Officer after getting due prima facie

or cursory medical examination done from a Governmen

Medical Officer that the beggar brought before him for

admission to the Rehabilitation Home is mentally unsound, he

may. instead of keeping such a person in the Rehabilitation

Home take appropriate steps for confining such persons tc

Psychiatric Hospital as per provisions of Mental Health Act

1987 (Central Act No. 14 of 1987).". :

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