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    "id": 16013,
    "slug": "chhattisgarh-private-placement-agencies-regulation-act-2013",
    "title": "Chhattisgarh Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2013",
    "short_title": "Chhattisgarh Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2013",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 23 of 2013)",
    "act_year": 2013,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Chhattisgarh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Chhattisgarh Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2013",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Appellate Authority\" means an officer or Authority authorized by the State Government to hear appeal under Chapter-Ill of this Act;\n(b) \"Controlling Authority\" means the Controlling Authority appointed under Section 3;\n(c) \"Domestic Worker\" means a person engaged, through Private Placement Agency, to do domestic work;\n(d) \"Government\" means the Government of Chhattisgarh;\n(e) \"Licence\" means a lincence granted under Section 5;\n(f) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the Official Gazette ;\n(g) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"Private Placement Agency\" means a person or body of persons other than a Government Agency, Department or Organization engaged in the business of providing work to any woman as domestic worker beyond the boundaries of Chhattisgarh;\n(i) \"Woman\" means a woman as defined under Section 10 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (No. 45 of 1860).\nChapter II\nControlling authority and Licence",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Appointment of Controlling Authority.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Appoint any person not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate, to be Controlling Authority for the purposes of this Act, and\n(b) define the limits within which a Controlling Authority shall exercise the powers conferred on him, by or under this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Persons or Private Placement Agency not to operate without licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Application for Grant and renewal of Licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Cancellation and suspension of Licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) a Licence issued under Section 4 has been obtained by misrepresentation or suppression of material fact, or\n(b) that the Licence holder has, without reasonable cause failed to comply with the conditions or contravened any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder.\nChapter III\nAppeal",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Appeals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter IV\nFunctions and duties of private placement agencies",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Functions and Duties of Private Placement Agencies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter V\nOffences and Punishment",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Punishment for contravention of certain provisions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter VI\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974).",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Act in addition to any other law.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the form and manner in which the Licence is to be issued under subsection (1) of Section 5;\n(b) the investigation to be conducted under sub-section (2) of Section 5;\n(c) terms and conditions subject to which such Licence is to be issued under sub-section (3) of Section 5;\n(d) fees and conditions of renewal under sub-section (4) of Section 5;\n(e) cancellation and suspension of Licence under Section 6;\n(f) the form and manner of appeal under sub-section (1) of Section 7;\n(g) other functions and duties of Private Placement Agencies under subsection (6) of Section 8; and\n(h) any other matter which may be necessary to achieve the objects of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Indemnity.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Cognizance of Offences.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power to remove difficulties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 17th September, 2019 [cg226]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 23 of 2013)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2013",
        "Short Title": "Chhattisgarh Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2013",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Chhattisgarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}