# Prevention of Atrocities, Section 1

- Act: Prevention of Atrocities (Act 33 of 1989)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/prevention-atrocities/section/1/

## Text

(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions.

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