Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Rules, 2010

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Rules, 2010",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Rules, 2010",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O.Ms.No.26, Soci",
    "act_year": 2010,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Rules, 2010",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Act, 1977;\n(b) \"Authorized Officer\" means any Police Officer, not below the rank of a Sub Inspector of Police or any Revenue Officer not below the rank of a Tahsildar or District Probation Officer and the Probation Officers who are empowered to round up child beggars and produce them before the appropriate body or any other officer authorized by the Government to arrest a person who is found Begging or maintaining Beggars in contravention of the provisions of the Act.\n(c) \"Certified institution\" means, \" Any institution called Special Home or work centre\".\n(d) \"Child\" means a person who has not completed sixteen years of age.\n(e) \"Designated Officer\"means the Municipal Commissioner of the respective Municipality in municipal areas and the Deputy Director (Social Welfare) in respect of other areas in the district.\n(f) \"Receiving Centre\" or \"Relief Centre\" means a certified institution by the Government, which may be a home maintained by the Social Welfare or Municipal Administration Department or any institution run by a Non-Governmental Organization, where the beggars, identified by an Authorized Officer, will be rehabilitated.\n(g) \"Receiving Officer\" means the person authorized to run the certified institution whether called as Superintendent / Warden / In-charge of a certified institution or Home run by Government or Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), where the beggars are brought to the certified institutions by the Authorized Officers.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Begging in a public place is an offence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-II",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Arrest of Beggars and the Procedure for Committing them to Certified Institutions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) The age and sex of the person;\n(b) Whether the person is suffering from leprosy or any other, communicable disease other than leprosy;\n(c) Whether the person is an idiot or of unsound mind;\n(d) The general state of health and bodily condition of the person and for which kind of work, if any, he is fit.\n(e) Those requiring medical treatment shall be attended to by the Medical Officer in the centre or sent to any Government Hospital;\n(f) The health of every inmate shall be examined by the Medical Officer once in every fortnight and the result thereof noted in the history report of the inmate.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Summary Enquiry by the Court.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Orders of the Court on completion of enquiry.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) instead of releasing him on probation of good conduct under clause shall, after examining such person, prepare and forward a medical report to the Court regarding the age and physical capacity for ordinary manual labour of such person,\n(ii) release such person after due admonition on his giving an undertaking in writing that he will not again commit an offence under Section 3 of the Act.\n(ii) direct that he be released on his entering into a bond with or without sureties to appear and receive sentence when called upon during such period as the court may direct and in the mean time to be of good behaviour.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Search of beggars received in certified institution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Format of a Safe Custody Certificate.\nFormat of a Safe Custody Certificate.\nFrom\nTo\nThe Superintendent / Warden / In-charge of the\n\t\t\t\tCertified institution.\nThe Authorized Officer,\nPlace:\nDivision:\nDistrict;\nSignature of the Superintendent / Warden In-charge of the institution\nProforma of \"Register of properties\"\nProforma of \"Register of properties\"\nSl.No.\nName of the Beggar\nFather,s Name\nDate of admission\nNature of belongings\nReceiver's signature & date\nDate of discharge\nDate of handing over of belongings\nRemarks\nCash\nGold ornaments\nOther belongings",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Accommodation of Beggars etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "S.No.\nName of the person kept in the Relief Centre\nNature of work attended\nNo. of hours worked\nincome earned\nL\nAmount utilized if any\nL\nBalance available\nL\n(a) Diseased and Leprosy effected\n(b) Disabled\n(c) Mentally unsound\n(d) Minors, child beggars and street children.\n(e) Aged\n(f) Able bodied\n(g) Any other\nChapter-III",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Certified Institution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) Training in arts and crafts;\n(ii) Training in agriculture and poultry;\n(iii) Establishment of an industry;\n(iv) Primary education;\n(v) Education in morals and conduct in every day life;\n(vi) Health and medical care.\n(vii) Every inmate shall be issued with oil, soap, and other materials as per the following scales.\nBoys\nBoys\n(1)\nCoconut oil for grooming the hair\n100 gms per month\n(2)\nCarbolic soap (125 gms)\n1 per month.\n(3)\nTooth powder (Colgate)\n30 gms per month\n(4)\nTooth brush & Tongue cleaner\nleach per 3 months.\n(5)\nShampoo 8 ml sachet\n1 on Sunday.\n(6)\nWashing soap (125 gms)\n1 per month.\nGirls\nGirls\n(1)\nCoconut oil for grooming the hair\n50 gms per week\n(2)\nCarbolic soap (125 gms)\n2 per month.\n(3)\nTooth powder (Colgate)\n30 gms per month.\n(4)\nTooth brush & Tongue cleaner\n1 each per 3 months.\n(5)\nShampoo 8 ml sachets\n2 on Sunday.\n(6)\nWashing soap (125 gms)\n2 per month.\nChapter-IV",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Procedure on order of Detention or sentence of imprisonment.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-V",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. District And Local Advisory Committees And Preventive Measure.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a)\nCollector and District Magistrate\nChairman\n(b)\nSuperintendent of Police\nMember\n(c)\nChief Executive Officer\n(ZPP) Member\n(d)\nAll Municipal Commissioners\nMembers\n(e)\nDeputy Director (Social Welfare)\nMember/Convener\n(f)\nDistrict Medical & Health Officer\nMember\n(g)\nDistrict Women and Child Welfare Officer -\nMember\n(h)\nTwo Non-Governmental Organisations in the\n\t\t\t\tconcerned fields\nMember\n(i)\nDistrict Leprosy Officer\nMember\n(j)\nAssistant Director (Disabled Welfare) Member\n(k)\nDistrict Probation Officer\nMember\n(l)\nTwo other persons nominated by each local\n\t\t\t\tauthority for whose local area the Certified Institutions are\n\t\t\t\testablished or certified.\n(a)\nRevenue Divisional Officer\nChairman\n(b)\nSub Divisional Police Officer\nMember",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 19th August, 2019 [ap395]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O.Ms.No.26, Social Welfare (BUDGET), dated 29.3.2010",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2010",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Begging Rules, 2010",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}