(1) This Act may be called the Hayana Prevention of Beggary ~ Short title, Act, 1971. extent and : ’ : commence-
(2) Ttextends to the whulc of the Siate of Haryana. ment.
(3) Ttshall come into force in any area of the State, on such date or dates as the State Government may by notification appoint in this behalf for that area.
2. In this Act, unless the context othewise requires :— Definitions.
() “beggar” means any pefébn who is found begging ;
1. For statement of Objects and Reasons, see Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1971, page 167.
2. For sttement of Objects and Reasons, see Huryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated thet8-7-1975, page 840.
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(b). “begging” means—
(7) soliciting or receiving alms in a public place whether or nct under any pretence, such as singiug, dancing, fortune-telling. performing trncks or selling articles :
(i7) havingno visible means of subsistence and wandering about or remaining in any public place in such condition or manner as makes it likely that the person domg 50 exists by soliciting or receiving alms ;
"(iii) entering on any private premises for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms ;
(iv) exposing or exhibiting, with the object of obtaining or extorting alms. any sore, wound, injury, deformity or disease whether of a human being or of un animal ; or
(v) allowing oneself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms ;
- but does not inciude soliciting or receiving money or food or gifts for a purpsoe authorised by any law, or authorised in the manner prescribed ;
(c) “Ceruified Instituiion” means any institution which the State Government provides and maintains for the detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependents . and includes a Certified Home and Speciat Home ;
(d) “Centified Home” meuns a home certified by the State Government or by uny subordinate authority empowered by it in this behalf to be a fit place for the reception and detention of beggars, suffering from leprosy or any other infectious or contagious disease notified in this behalf by the State Government ;
{e) “Chief Ifispcctér" means the person appointed to be the : Chief Inspector of Certified Institutions under section 18-;
'{{f) “child” means a child as defined in clausé (d} ol section 2 of the H.lrydna Chl Idren Act, 1974 ;
buhsmuu:d by Haryana Act 27 of 1975, 1971 : Hacyana Act 9] PREVENTION OF REGOARY 63
(g) “Court™ means the court of a Judicial Magistrate of any.
class exercising criminal jurisdiction in the area in which this Act ts in force ;
(h) “Guardian” mcans a person who looks after or takes care of a child in the absence of, oc in the event of the death of his parents ;
(i) “imprisonment” means rigérous or simple imprisonment as described in section 53 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860) ;
) “Parent” means the father or the mother of a child ;
(k) “Police Officer” means a police officer not below the rank of an Assistant Sub-Inspector ;
(1) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; c '
(m) “Probation Officer means an officer appointed to be a Probation Officer under section 18 ;
(n) “public place™ means and includcsiuvny place or precincts thereof to which for the time being the public have or are permnitted to have an access, whether an payment or otherwise and includes a passenger bus and a railway compartment ;
(0} “Reception Centre™ means an institution for the reception and temporary detention of beggars provided by the State Government, or certified to be such under section 13 ;
(p) “Special Home” means a home notified by the Stale Government as suitable for the reception and detention of beggars. not physically capable of doing manual labour but not suffering from leprosy or any other infecttous or contagious disease ; and - {¢) “Superintendent” means a Superintendent of 2 Reception Centre or a Certified Institution, as the case may be.