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Prevention of Atrocities

Section 18

In force Act 33 of 1989 As on 16 Oct 2026

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Act 33 of 1989

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 18 of Prevention of Atrocities. Nothing in section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to any case involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act.

Nothing in section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to any case involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act. Section 438 of the code not to apply to persons committing an offence under the Act. Section 360 of the Code or the Provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act not to apply to persons guilty of an offence under the Act.

Section 18, Prevention of Atrocities (Act 33 of 1989).

Questions about Section 18

How do I find court cases under Section 18 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 18, section 18 Prevention Atrocities, section 18 of the Prevention of Atrocities. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

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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