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Section 18A: No enquiry or approval required.

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989Central Act · Act 33 of 1989

[18A. No enquiry or approval required.-- (1) For the purposes of this Act,--

a) preliminary enquiry shall not be required for registration of a First Information Report against any person; or

(b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person, against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act has been made and no procedure other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall apply.

(2) The provisions of section 438 of the Code shall not apply to a case under this Act, notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
Section18A
Marginal noteNo enquiry or approval required.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it4

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted, Act 27 of 2018. . Ins. by Act 27 of 2018, s. 2 (w.e.f. 20-8-2018)

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