1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that the date so notified shall not be earlier than sixty days after the date of publication of 2 [the said notification] in the Official Gazette.
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Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Act to have overriding effect.Section 4 · Local authorities to survey insanitary latrines and provide sanitary community latrines.Section 5 · Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual scavenger.Section 6 · Contract, agreement, etc., to be void.Section 7 · Prohibition of persons from engagement or employment for hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.Section 8 · Penalty for contravention of section 5 or section 6.Section 9 · Penalty for contravention of section 7.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.