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SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI-110 ary y) oyot nos psreys Immediate New Delhi, dated: 06-5-2016 In the Action Plan of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment, conveyed to the Cabinet Secretariat and the NITI Ayog, one of theactionable points relates to e -payment of admissible relief amount to atrocity victims under theScheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act) Rules, 1995, as amendedby the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act) AmendmentRules,2016.

2. The significance of e-payment is in expeditious disbursement of relief amount to atrocity victims.Rule 12(4) of the PoA Rules, as amended by the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities Act) Amendment Rules, 2016, also specifies that the District Magistrate etc.is required to make necessary administrative arrangements toprovidereliefwithinsevendays-ys the *victims of atrocity, their family members and dependents.a

3. I would, thus, request you to take necessary action in regard to e-payment of relief amount tovictims of atrocity in regard to offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes(Prévention 3 as amended by the Scheduled Castes and the ScheduledTribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment A io. 1 of 2016).EECESeamenomentAct, tt” Aobe 7 ° ger ;

or%s\" Shri Sudarshan Sethi, Principal Secretary, * fs Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur- 302005.

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MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(Department of Social Justice and Empowerment)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 14th April, 2016

G.S.R. 424 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (33 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Scheduled Castes andthe Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette,

2. In the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- 5 ‘(b) “ dependent” means the spouse, children, parents, brother and sister of the victim, who are dependent wholly or mainly on such victim for Support and maintenance; ‘.

3. In the said rules, in rule 4, — {a) for sub-rule (1) , the following shall be substituted,namely;~ " (1) The State Government, on the recommendation of the District Magistrate , shall prepare for each District a panel of such number of eminent senior advocates who have been in practice for not fess than seven years, as it may deem necessary for conducting cases in the Special Courts and ExclusiveSpecial Courts, (3A) The State Guvérusueni in consultation with the Director Prosecution or in charge of the Prosecution, shall also specify a pane! of such number of Pubsic Prosecutors and Exclusive Special Pubic Prosecutors, as it may deem necessary for conducting cases in the Special Courts and Exclusive Special Courts, as the case may be.

(1B) Both the panels referred to in sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (1A) shall be notified in the Offical Gazette of the State and shall remain in force for a Period of three years. “;

(b) in sub-rule (2) , for the words “ Special Public Prosecutors”, the words “Special Public Prosecutors and Exdlusive Special Public Prosecutors” shall besubstituted; (c)_ in sub-rule (3) , for the words “ a Special Public Prosecutor”, the words ° a Special Public Prosecutor or an Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor” shall besubstituted;

(d) for sub-rule (4) of rule 4, the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- ™ (4) The District Magistrate and the officer-in-charge of the prosecution at the District level, shall review,— {a) the positionofcases registered under the Act i (unr[lag3(4)) URE AT TITY = sree

(b) the implementation of the rights of victims and witnesses, specified under the provisions ofChapter IV A of the Act, and submit a Monthly report on or before 20" day of each subsequent month to the Director ofProsecution and the State Government, which shall specify the actions taken or Proposed to be takenin respect of investigation and Prosecutionofeach case, me

(e) in sub-rule (5), for the words * conducting cases in the Special Courts”, the words “ conductingCases in the Special Courts or Exclusive Special Courts” shalt be substituted;

(f) in sub-rule (6) , for the words ™ Speciat Public Prosecutor”, the words “Special Public Prosecutor ancExclusive Special Public Prosecutor * shall be substituted.

4. In the said rules, in rule = (@) for sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:- * (2) The investigating officer so @ppointed under sub-rule (1) shall complete the investigation on topPriority, submit the report to the Superintendent of Potice, who in turn shall immediately forward theFeport to the Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police of the State Government , and theOfficer in- charge of the Concerned police station shall file the charge sheet in the Special Court or theExciusive Special Court within a Period of sixty days (the period is inclusive of investigation and filing ofcharge-sheet), (2A) The delay, if any, in investigation or filing of charge-sheet in accordance with sub-rule (2) shall beexplained in writing by the investigatingOfficer.”;

(b) for sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely;- Development Department (the name of the Department may vary from State to State) of the StateGovernment or Union ry Administration, Dircctor Be Prosecution, the officer in charge ofProsecution and the Director General of Police or the Commissioner of Police in-charge of the concernedState or Union territory shall review by the end of €very quarter the position of all investigations doneby the investigating officer. *,

5. Inthe said rules, in rule 8, in sub-rule (1), after clause (vi), the following clause shall be inserted, namely;- “ (via) informing the nodal Officer and the concerned District Magistrates about implementation of therights of victims and witnesses ‘Specified under the provisions of Chapter IV A of the Act;",6. In the said rules, in rule 9, after dause (vi), the following clause shall be insertednamely:-“ (vil) implementation of the rights of victims and witnesses Specified under the provisions ofChapterIVA the Act. ",

7. In the said rules, in rule 10, after clause (iii), the folowing clause shall be inserted, namety:-* (iv) implementation of the rights of victims and Witnesses specified under the Provisions of ChapterIVAoftheAct, in the identified areas, ", : 14 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA; EXTRAORDINARY (Part II—Sec. 3(i)]

8. In the said rules, in rule 12, —

(a) for sub-rule (4), the fotlowing shall be substituted , namely:- ™ (4) The District Magistrate or the Sub- Divisional Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate shall make necessary administrative and other arrangements and provide relief in cash or in kind or both within seven days to the victims of atrocity, their family members and dependents according to the scale as provided in Annexure-I read with Annexure-II of the Schedule annexed to these rules and such immediate relief shall also include food, water, clothing, shelter, medical aid, transport facilities and other essential items.

(4A) For immediate withdrawal of money from the treasury so as to timely provide the relief amount as specified in sub-rule (4), the concerned State Government or Union territory Administration may provide necessary authorisation and powers to the District Magistrate. (4B) The Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court may also order socio-economic rehabilitation during investigation, inquiry and trial, as provided in clause (c) of sub-section 6 of section 15A of the Act. “;

(b) in sub-rule (7), for the words “ Special Court” at both the places where they occur, the words “Special Court or Exclusive Special Court” shall respectively be substituted.

9. In the said rules, for rule 14, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- “14. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE GOVERNMENT.—{1) The State Government shall make necessary provisions in its annual budget for providing relief and rehabilitation facilities to the victims of atrocity, as well as for implementing an appropriate scheme for the rights and entitlements of victims and witnesses in accessing justice as specified in sub-section (11) of section 15A of Chapter IV A of the Act.

(2) The State Government shall review at least twice in a calendar year, in the month of January and July the performance of the Special Public Prosecutor ana exclusive Special Pubic Prosecutor pacified or appointed under section 15 of the Act, various reports received, investigation made and preventive steps taken by the District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, relief and rehabilitation facilities provided to the victims and the reports in respect of lapses on behalf of the concemed officers. “.

10. In the said rules, in rule 15, —

(i) in sub-rule (1),— {A) for the words “shall prepare a model contingency plan for implementing”, the words “shall frame and implement'a plan to effectively implement” shall be substituted; (B) after clause (a), the following clause shail be inserted, namely:- “ (aa) an appropriate scheme for the rights and entitlements of victims and witnesses inaccessing justice, as specified in sub-section (11)ofsection 15 AofChapterIV Aofthe Act;

Provisions this order answers to

Read out of the instrument itself: an enabling provision is one it says it was made under, which is the power it rests on. The rest it names without resting on.

Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989