An ACT

to provide for more effective measures to prohibit witch hunting and prevent and protect persons from witch hunting; and to eliminate torture, oppression, humiliation and killing of such persons by a section of the society by providing for punishment by trial of offences relating to witch hunting; and for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of such offences.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for more effective measures to prohibit witch hunting and prevent and protect persons from witch hunting; and to eliminate torture, oppression, humiliation and killing of such persons by a section of the society by providing for punishment by trial of offences relating to witch hunting; and for the relief and rehabilitation of victims of such offences and for any other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-