Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars or Indigents (Amendment) Act, 2020
No: 13 Dated: Nov, 14 2020
LAW (LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING) DEPARTMENT (GROUP-IT)
NOTIFICATION
September 14, 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. 13 0f 2020)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 17th day of September, 2020)
An Act
to amend the Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars 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.-Where 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).".