1. This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh prohibition of beggary Act, 1975.
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) The provisions of this Act shall apply to such city, municipality, notified area or town area or part there of or such other local area with effect from such date as the State Govermment may, by notification, specify in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for different areas and different provisions of this Act.
(4) The State Govermment may, by notification in the official Gazette direct that the provisions of this Act shall in the first instance apply only to children and by subsecument notification from time to time direct the application of this Act to other categories of persons.
(5) On the commencement of this Act in any area of State and to any class of person in the manner provided in sub-sections (3) and (4) all corresponding laws in force in that area shall in relation to that class of persons cease to have effect and the provisions of section 6 of the U.P General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply to such cessation as they apply to the repeal of an enactment.
(2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) The provisions of this Act shall apply to such city, municipality, notified area or town area or part there of or such other local area with effect from such date as the State Govermment may, by notification, specify in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for different areas and different provisions of this Act.
(4) The State Govermment may, by notification in the official Gazette direct that the provisions of this Act shall in the first instance apply only to children and by subsecument notification from time to time direct the application of this Act to other categories of persons.
(5) On the commencement of this Act in any area of State and to any class of person in the manner provided in sub-sections (3) and (4) all corresponding laws in force in that area shall in relation to that class of persons cease to have effect and the provisions of section 6 of the U.P General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply to such cessation as they apply to the repeal of an enactment.
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Section 2 · DefinitionsSection 3 · State Destitutes Relief CommitteeSection 4 · Acts of the committee not to be invalidated by vacancySection 5 · Powers and functions of the CommitteeSection 6 · Staff of the Committee.Section 7 · Local Relief Committees.Section 8 · Prohibition of begging.Section 9 · Power to arrest person found begging.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 22 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2024-05-01. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.