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Section 15

In force Act 33 of 1989 As on 16 Oct 2026

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Act 33 of 1989 Cited by 1 provision

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 15 of Prevention of Atrocities. For every Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as a Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.

For every Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as a Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court. CHAPTER V MISCELLANEOUS Power of 16. The provisions of section 10A of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 State Govern- (22 of 1955) shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of imposition and ment to impose realisation of collective fine and for all other matters connected therewith under collective fine. this Act. Preventive action to be taken by the law and order machinery.

Section 15, Prevention of Atrocities (Act 33 of 1989).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. Protection of Civil Rights Act s. 10A Power of State Government to impose collective fine

Referred to by 1

  1. s. 2

Questions about Section 15

How do I find court cases under Section 15 of the Prevention of Atrocities?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Prevention Atrocities 15, section 15 Prevention Atrocities, section 15 of the Prevention of Atrocities. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 15 of the Prevention of Atrocities, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on Protection of Civil Rights Act 10A (Power of State Government to impose collective fine), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When was the Prevention of Atrocities enacted?

Prevention of Atrocities was enacted in 1989 as Act 33 of 1989. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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