Section 1: Short title, application and commencement.
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993Central Act · Act 46 of 1993
(1) This Act may be called the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993.
(2) It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
(3) It shall come into force in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal and in the Union territories on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such adoption.
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
other, Act 34 of 2019. . 26th January, 1997, vide notification No. S.O. 58(E), dated 24th January, 1997, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). Extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
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