Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013

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    "slug": "gujarat-victim-compensation-scheme-2013",
    "title": "Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. GG/ 01 /SB.2/COM/1",
    "act_year": 2013,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013",
    "preamble": "",
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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) \"Code\" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No.2 of 1974);\n(b) \"Schedule\" means Schedule appended to this scheme;\n(c) \"State\" means the State of Gujarat; and\n(d) \"Victim\" means a person who has suffered loss or injury as a result of crime and require rehabilitation and the expression victim includes his/her dependents",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Victim Compensation Fund.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Eligibility.",
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            "content": "(a) the perpetrator of a heinous crime is not traceable or goes unpunished after trial, but the victim is identifiable and has to incur expenses on physical and mental rehabilitation, such victim may also apply for the grant of compensation under sub-section (4) of section 357-A of the Code;\n(b) the offender is not traced or identified, but the victim is identified, and where no trial takes place, such victim may also apply grant of compensation under subsection (4) of section 357-A of the Code;\n(c) the victim/claimant report the crime without unreasonable delay to the Judicial Magistrate of the area provided that the State Legal Services Authority or the District Legal Services Authority if satisfied, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, may condone the delay.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Procedure for grant of compensation.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Order to be placed on record.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Recovery of Compensation.",
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            "content": "Schedule\n[ See rule 5 (8)]\nS.N.\nS.N.\nParticulars of loss or injury\nParticulars of loss or injury\nMaximum Limit of compensation(In rupees)\nMaximum Limit of compensation(In rupees)\n1.\nLoss of Life\n1,50,000=00\n2.\nLoss of any limb or part of body resulting 80%\n\t\t\t\tor above Handicap.\n1,00,000=00\n3.\nLoss of any limb or part of body resulting above\n\t\t\t\t40% & below 80% Handicap.\n50,000=00\n4.\nRape 1,00,000=00\n5.\nLoss of any injury causing sever mental agony to\n\t\t\t\twomen and child victim in case like Human Trafficking.\n25,000=00\n6.\nPermanent disfiguration of the head or face by\n\t\t\t\tacid. (In case of acid attack on a woman )\n1,00,000=00\n7.\nAssault on women disfiguring her face or any\n\t\t\t\tpart of body by acid or any other weapon.\n50,000=00\n8.\nIn case of sodomy.\n25,000=00\n9.\nRehabilitation.\n50,000=00",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 18th May, 2019 [guj273]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. GG/ 01 /SB.2/COM/132011/GAD/165605, dated 5.1.2013",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2013",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}