19. Duty of District Magistrate and authorised officers.—The District Magistrate and the authority authorised under section 18 or any other subordinate officers specified by them under that section shall ensure that, after the expiry of such period as specified for the purpose of this Act,— (a) no person is engaged or employed as manual scavenger within their jurisdiction; (b) no one constructs, maintains, uses or makes available for use, an insanitary latrine; (c) manual scavengers identified under this Act are rehabilitated in accordance with section 13, or as the case may be, section 16; (d) persons contravening the provisions of section 5 or section 6 or section 7 are investigated and prosecuted under the provisions of this Act; and (e) all provisions of this Act applicable within his jurisdiction are duly complied with.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.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.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.