Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005

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    "title": "Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005",
    "short_title": "Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005",
    "act_number": "(Assam Act No. 39 of 2005)",
    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005",
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    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Appointing Authority\", in relation to a service or post in an establishment, means the authority empowered to make appointment to such service or posts ;\n(b) \"Establishment\" means any office of the State Government, a local or statutory authority constituted under any State Act, for the time being in force or a Corporation in which not less than fifty-one percent of the paid-up share capital is held by the State Government and includes Universities, Colleges affiliated to the Universities, Primary, Secondary and Multipurpose schools and also other educational institutions which are owned or aided by the State Government and also includes an establishment in Public Sector ;\n(c) \"Establishment in public sector\" means any industry, trade, business or occupation owned, controlled or managed by -\n(i) the State Government or any department of the State Government, or\n(ii) a Government Company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a Corporation established by or under a Central or State Act, in which not less than fifty-one percent of the paid-up share capital is held by the State Government, or\n(iii) a local or statutory authority, constituted under any State Act for the time being in force.\n(d) \"Establishment in private sector\" means any industry, trade, business or occupation which is not an establishment in public sector ;\n(e) \"Schedule\" means the Scheduled appended to this Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Act not to apply in relation to certain employments.",
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            "content": "(a) any employment under the Central Government ;\n(b) any employment in the Assam Judicial Service Grade-1.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Reservation for women in vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment.",
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            "content": "[5. Power to exempt and increase or decrease of percentage of reservation.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Penalty.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Cognizance of offences.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Removal of difficulty.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Submission of annual report maintenance of other records and inspection thereon.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. The State Government to make rules.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 12th June, 2020 [ass375]",
        "Act Number": "(Assam Act No. 39 of 2005)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "Assam Women (Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2005",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}