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Section 6: Constitution and jurisdiction of Local Committee.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013Central Act · Act 14 of 2013

6. Constitution and jurisdiction of [Local Committee].—(1) Every District Officer shall constitute in the district concerned, a committee to be known as the “ [Local Committee]” to receive complaints of sexual harassment from establishments where the [Internal Committee] has not been constituted due to having less than ten workers or if the complaint is against the employer himself.

(2) The District Officer shall designate one nodal officer in every block, taluka and tehsil in rural or tribal area and ward or municipality in the urban area, to receive complaints and forward the same to the concerned [Local Committee] within a period of seven days.

(3) The jurisdiction of the [Local Committee] shall extend to the areas of the district where it is constituted.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Section6
Marginal noteConstitution and jurisdiction of Local Committee.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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.

  • substituted, Act 23 of 2016. . Subs. by Act 23 of 2016, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Local Complaints Committee" (w.e.f. 6-5-2016).
  • substituted, Act 23 of 2016. . Subs. by Act 23 of 2016, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Internal Complaints Committee" (w.e.f. 6-5-2016).
  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid0231., for "Local Complaints Committee" (w.e.f. 6-5-2016).

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