No employee shall :-
(1) give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry; or
(2) demand directly or indirectly from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry.
Explanation - For the purposes of this regulation, ‘dowry’ has the same meaning as assigned to it in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).
Clarification – An employee connected with a “Dowry Death” case in the following circumstances shall be placed under suspension forthwith by invoking the provision of Rule 23(1) and (2) given below:-
(a) If an employee is connected with the registration of the Police case under Sec 304B of IPC viz. involvement in case of “dowry death”, he shall be placed under suspension immediately irrespective of the period of detention.
(b) If he is not arrested by the Police in “dowry death” case, he shall be placed under suspension on submission of a Police report under sub-section (2) of section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to the Magistrate, if the report prima facie indicates that the offence has been committed by the employee.
Explanation -For the purpose of this regulation “dowry death” shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).