THE WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT (EXTENSION TO PUDUCHERRY) ACT, 1981

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THE WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT 
(EXTENSION TO PUDUCHERRY) ACT, 1981 

 
(Act No.8 of 1982) 

 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
SECTION 
 
 
 
1. Short title 

2. Definitions 

3. Extension of Central Act 105 of 1956 to Puducherry 

4. Amendment of section 11 

5. Rule of construction 

 

 
 
 

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THE WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT 
(EXTENSION TO PUDUCHERRY) ACT, 1981 

 
(Act No.8 of 1982) 

(15-6-1982) 
AN 
ACT 

 
 
 to extend the Women’s and Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956 to the 
Union territory of  Puducherry.   
 
 BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry in the Thirty-second 
year of the Republic of India as follows: -  
 

Short title 
 
           1. This Act may be called the Women’s and Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act 
(Extension to Puducherry) Act, 1981.   
 

Definitions 
 
 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, --  
 
  (a)"Administrator" means the Administrator of Puducherry appointed by 
the President under article 239 of the Constitution;   
 
  (b) "Puducherry" means the Union territory of Puducherry. 
 

Extension of Central Act 105 of 1956 to Puducherry 
 

 3. The Women’s and Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956 (hereinafter 
referred to as the said Act), shall extend to Puducherry.   
 

Amendment of section 11 
 

 4. In the said Act, after sub-section (2) of section 11, the following sub-section  
shall be inserted, namely: --  
 
 
 
 
 



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      "(3) All rules made and all notifications issued under this Act shall, as soon as 
possible after they are made or issued, be placed on the table of the Legislative 
Assembly of Puducherry and shall be subject to such modification by way of 
amendment or repeal as the Legislative Assembly may make within fourteen days on 
which the House actually sits either in the same session or in more than one session:  
 
 Provided however that any modifications or annulment shall not affect the 
validity of anything already done and acted upon under such rules and notifications."  
 

Rule of construction 
 

 5. In the said Act, any reference to the State Government shall be construed as a 
reference to the Administrator.   
 
 
 

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS FOR ACT NO.8 OF 1982 
 
 At present, there is no law in this Union territory of Puducherry to control and 
regulate the functioning of organisations who under the guise of social welfare 
institutions for women and children indulge in malpractices. Hence, in order to licence, 
supervise and control the proper functioning of all such voluntary institutions and to 
revoke the licences granted to such institutions which are found to resort to 
malpractices at a subsequent stage, it is proposed to extend the Women’s and 
Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956 (105 of 1956), to fall in line with other parts 
of the country.   
 
 The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. 
 
 

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