Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission Act, 1998

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission Act, 1998",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission Act, 1998",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 9 of 1998)",
    "act_year": 1998,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "1998-03-19",
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission Act, 1998",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Commission\" means the Commission constituted under Section 5:\n(b) \"Director\" means the Director appointed under Section 12:\n(c) \"Government\" means the Government of Andhra Pradesh:\n(d) \"Member\" means a Member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson:\n(e) \"Notification\" means the notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazettee and word \"notified\" shall be construed accordingly:\n(f) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act:\n(g) \"Public Servant\" means by employees of the Government or an local body or any Corporation owned or controlled by the Government or of any Government agency or any public undertaking:\n(h) \"Unfair practice\" means any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex for the purpose of or which has effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women of fundamental, constitutional rights, or of human rights, or of fundamental freedom in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field or the infringement of any right or benefit conferred on women by or under the provisions of any law for the time being in force or the mental or physical torture or sexual excessess on women:\n(i) \"Women\" includes adolescent girl or female child.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Act not to apply in certain cases.",
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            "content": "(i) the Central Government: or\n(ii) any public sector undertaking of the Central Government, or any other institution owned, or controlled or financed directly by the Central Government.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Application of other laws not barred.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Constitution of the Commission.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Terms of office and conditions of service of members.",
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            "content": "(i) by writing under her hand and addressed to the Government resign her office at any time;\n(ii) be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of section 11.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Quorum.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Disposal of Business.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of adhoc Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) not more than two members of the Commission;\n(b) not more than two experts chosen by the Commission on any particular subject.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Acts of the Commission not to be invalidated by infirmity or any vacancy etc.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Removal of members from office.",
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            "content": "(a) becomes an undischarged insolvent;\n(b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which involves moral turpitude;\n(c) Becomes of unsound mind;\n(d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting;\n(e) is without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absents from three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or\n(f) in the opinion of the Government, has so abused the position of Chairperson or member as to render that person's continuance in Office is detrimental to the public interest:",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Appointment of Director and other staff of the Commission.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Salaries, allowances grants etc.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Powers of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him:\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document:\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavits:\n(d) requisition any public records or copy thereof from any public Office:\n(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Functions of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(i) inquire into any unfair practice, take decision thereon and recommend to the Government the action to be taken in the matter:\n(ii) cause investigations to be made by the Director on issues of importance concerning women and issues concerning unfair practice and to report thereon to the Government on the corrective measures to be taken:\n(iii) submit to the Government annual reports on:-\n(a) the lacunae, inadequacies, or shortcomings in the laws in force which effect the constitutional right to equality and fair treatment of women and also on the remedial legislative measures to be taken to meet the situation:\n(b) the monitoring of the working of laws in force concerning women with a view to identifying the areas where the enforcement of laws is not adequately effective or has not been streamlined and recommending executive or legislative measures to be taken:\n(c) monitoring the recruitments made to State Public Services and State Public undertakings and promotions within the said services and scrutinising the rules and regulations governing such recruitments and promotions with a view to reporting to guarantee equal opportunity to women in the matter of such recruitments and promotions:\n(iv) (a) inspect or cause to be inspect, by the Director or any officer of the Commission authorised by the Commission in that behalf, prisons, police stations, lock-ups, sub-jails, rescue homes or other places of custody where women are kept as prisoners or otherwise, or shelters for women or other places run by the Government or any of its agencies including agencies receiving aid from the Government for the purpose of offering rescue or shelter to women, or hostels intended for women or girls run by person and such other places wherein unfair practice to women is complained of an cause further inquiries to be made about the treatment that women and girls are subjected to at such places and to report to the Government for taking remedial action:\n(b) in cases where the Commission is of the view that any public servant has been grossly negligent or grossly indifferent in regard to the discharge of his duties in relation to the protection of the interests of women, recommend to the concerned disciplinary authority to initiate disciplinary action:\n(v) recommend to Government, the welfare measures to be adopted and implemented by the Government with a view to ameliorating the conditions of women:\n(vi) formulate a comprehensive and affirmative scheme for securing equal opportunities to women and devise a programme for implementing such scheme which shall be forwarded to the Government for approval thereof with or without modifications, implement the same:\n(vii) empower the Director to recommend to the appropriate authority to take prosecution proceedings in respect of offences committed against women under any statue providing for penalty for violation of the provisions of such statute:\n(viii) maintain comprehensive Data Bank relating to the social, economic and political conditions of women including comparative study, updating the same from time to the time making available such date for use in actions for vindication of the rights of women:\n(ix) recommend to Government to initiate legislation for removal of discrimination in the case of inheritance, guardianship, adoption and divorce or for matters relating to the safeguarding of the dignity of women and the honour of motherhood:\n(x) call for special studies or investigations into specific problems or situations arising out of discrimination and atrocities against women and identify the constraints so as to recommend strategies for their removal:\n(xi) participate and adivse on the planning process of socio-economic development of women:\n(xii) fund litigation involving issues affecting a large body of women:\n(xiii) make periodical reports to the Government on any matter pertaining to women and in particular various difficulties under which women toil:\n(xiv) undertake promotional and educational research so as to suggest ways of ensuring due representation of women in all spheres and identify factors responsible for impeding their advancement, such as, lack of access to housing and basic services inadequate support services and technologies for, reducing drudgery and occupational health hazards and for increasing their productivity:\n(xv) any other matter which may be referred to it by the Government.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Inquiry into unfair practices.",
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            "content": "(a) on receiving a written complaint from any woman alleging that she has ben subjected to any unfair practice or on a similar complaint from her mother or father or sister or brother or from any women's organisation:\n(b) on its own knowledge or information:\n(c) on any request from the Government.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Initiation of Prosecution.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Annual Report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Sittings of the Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Authentication of orders, etc., of the Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Government to consult the commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Members, Officers and employees of the Commission to be Public Servants.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Protection of acts done in good faith.",
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            "content": "24. (sic) to grant injunction.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Removal of difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the salary, allowance and other conditions of service of the members, the Director and other staff of the Commission:\n(b) procedure for removal of the members of the Commission under section 11:\n(c) procedure for inquiries under section 16 of the Act:\n(d) investigations by the Director:\n(e) procedure for inspection of prisons, police stations, lock-ups, sub-jails, rescue homes or other places of custody where women are kept as prisoners, or otherwise or shelters for women or other places run by the Government or any of its agencies including agencies receiving aid from the Government for the purpose of offering rescue or shelter to women or hostels intended for women or girls run by any person and such other places wherein unfair practice to women or girls complained of or for holding of enquiries about the treatment that women or girls are subjected to at such places:\n(f) maintaining a Data Bank:\n(g) the formulation of comprehensive and affirmative scheme for securing equal opportunity to women and for the improvement and uplift of women and programme for its implementation:\n(h) procedure for recommending prosecution in respect of offences committed against women under any statute:\n(i) any other matter which has to be, or may be prescribed.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 28th January, 2020 [ap696]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 9 of 1998)",
        "Enactment Date": "19th March, 1998",
        "Act Year": "1998",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission Act, 1998",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}