The Bihar Prevention of Beggary Rules, 1954

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    "title": "The Bihar Prevention of Beggary Rules, 1954",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Prevention of Beggary Rules, 1954",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. DM/RI-03/53-H.-697",
    "act_year": 1954,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar Prevention of Beggary Rules, 1954",
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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) \"The Act\" means the Bihar Prevention of Beggary Act, 1951;\n(b) \"Chief Inspector\" means a person appointed by the State Government to be the Chief Inspector of all Certified Homes, Special Homes and Work Houses in the State either established and maintained by the State Government or declared as such under Section 10;\n(c) \"Form\" means a Form appended to these Rules;\n(d) \"Section\" means a section of the Act;\n(e) \"Superintendent\" means the Superintendent incharge of a Certified Home, Special Home of a Work House and includes any other person empowered in this behalf by the Superintendent to discharge his functions; and\n(f) all words and expressions used in these Rules and not defined but defined in the Act shall respectively have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Act.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "3. Manner of authorising purposes under sub-clause (V) of clause (a) of Section 2.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) full name of the applicant,\n(b) his age,\n(c) his occupation,\n(d) his address,\n(e) the period, the purpose, and the manner of collection of money, food or gifts, and\n(f) the method of its disposal and the area within which the disposal is to be made.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Manner of keeping persons arrested.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Manner of making summary enquiry under Section 5(1).",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Cleansing and medical examination of persons remanded to or detained in Certified Home, Special Home or Work House.",
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            "content": "(i) submit himself to-\n(a) a preliminary medical examination and such medical treatment as may, in the opinion of the medical officer in charge of such Certified Home, Special Home or Work House, be necessary;\n(b) such trimming or shaving of the hair on any part of the person as may, in the opinion of such medical officer, be necessary for the administration of medical treatment or for securing cleanliness and health;\n(c) a thorough cleansing and washing of the body with such materials as may be provided and a complete removal of clothing in order to secure this object;\n(ii) wear such clothes as may be provided by the Superintendent.\n(i) record the result of his examination in Form 'B' if such person is in good health, and in Form 'C' if he is not in good health.\n(ii) keep a copy of such record in the history sheet of such person, and\n(iii) report the result of his examination to the Superintendent:\n(b) The Medical officer shall, where necessary, arrange in the Certified Home, Special Home, or Work House, as the case may be, for any immediate medical treatment of the person found to be a contagious leper or lunatic pending further orders of the Court.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Persons remanded by Court to, and those detained in a Certified Home, Special Home or Work House, to be kept separate.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Articles found on search and inspection to be entered in register.",
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            "content": "(a) what articles, if any, are respectively destroyed, sold and stored;\n(b) in the case of articles sold, the amounts realised;\n(c) the return to him of any money, ornaments and jewelleries or articles under the provisions of Rule 11, and\n(d) the payment to him of the amounts mentioned in clause (b).",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Disposal of articles.",
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            "content": "(a) if it consists of obscene pictures or literature, tobacco snuff, opium, any drug or liquor or perishables of the value of five rupees or less it shall be destroyed;\n(b) if it consists of perishables of the value of more than five rupees, it shall be sold by auction as soon as possible and the proceeds kept in safe custody by the Superintendent;\n(c) the clothing, bedding or other articles of such person shall be destroyed, if the Superintendent considers it essential on hygienic grounds or considers them to be worthless, or if the clothing or bedding is ragged; and the clothings bedding and other articles of persons found to be suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall be burnt;\n(d) clothing, bedding and other articles not covered by the provisions of sub-rules (a), (b) and (c) shall, after being washed and disinfected, if necessary be made up into a bundle or bundles and suitably stored. The Superintendent shall be responsible for their safe custody.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Staff not to buy articles auctioned.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Disposal of articles after passing of Court's order.",
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            "content": "(b) Any article, ornaments and jewelleries or money belonging to such person, may with his consent, and with the approval of the Superintendent, be delivered to his friends or relatives at any time during the period of his detention; or the same may be sold and the sale-proceeds disposed of in such manner as the person may desire.\n(c) At the time of the release of such person, the articles, ornaments and jewelleries or money kept in safe custody shall be handed over to him and an entry made in that behalf in the register maintained under Rule 8. Such entry shall be signed by the Superintendent.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Persons detained in a Certified Home, Special Home or Work house forbidden to do certain acts.",
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            "content": "(i) refuse to receive any training arranged or ordered for him or to do any work allotted to him;\n(ii) manufacture any article without the knowledge or permission of the officers incharge of the different industries;\n(iii) misbehave or quarrel with any other inmate;\n(iv) fail to assit in the maintenance of discipline or to give assistance to an officer when called upon to do so;\n(v) do or omit to do any act with intent to cause to himself any illness, injury or disability;\n(vi) give a false answer to any question or refuse to give a true account of his movements;\n(vii) cause any disturbance or violence or omit to assist in suppressing any disturbance;\n(viii) do any act or use any language calculated to hurt or offend the feelings and prejudices of a fellow inmate;\n(ix) commit a nuisance or any act of indecency in any part of the institution or refuse to obey any orders issued for proper sanitation;\n(x) disobey any order regulating the cleanliness of his person, clothing, bedding, utensils or any other articles;\n(xi) secrete any article ^.whatsoever or damage any part of the kit of any other inmate or any property or implement of the institution;\n(xii) refuse to eat food prescribed by the diet scale or wilfully destroy any food or render it unpalatable or unwholesome;\n(xiii) leave without permission the working party to which he is assigned of the part of the premises or grounds in or at which he may be required to be present at any particular time;\n(xiv) receive or possess or partake of any of the prohibited articles mentioned in Rule 13;\n(xv) resist or obstruct an officer in the execution of his duty or refuse or omit to obey any lawful order of an officer or refuse to perform or omit to perform work or duties in the manner indicated for that purpose.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Prohibited articles.",
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            "content": "(i) alcohol and spirit of every description;\n(ii) bhang, ganja and opium;\n(iii) betel;\n(iv) drugs of every description;\n(v) matches and materials for producing fire;\n(vi) implements of gambling;\n(vii) any implements capable of causing hurt or facilitating escape;\n(viii) snuff and tobacco;\n(ix) any other articles specified in an order in this behalf by the Superintendent.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Functions of Chief Inspector.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Functions of the Superintendent.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Constitution of Managing Committee.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Meeting of Managing Committee.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Duties of Managing Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) to examine and pass the accounts;\n(b) to keep a minute book in which its proceedings will be recorded;\n(c) to satisfy itself that necessary measures for medical examination, health, discipline, labour punishment and control are being taken;\n(d) to give every inmate an opportunity of making applications and complaints to it and to enquire into the same;\n(e) to inspect all registers and the records of inmates; and\n(f) to recommend to the State Government the discharge or release of any inmate under Section 9.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Penalties.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Report of certain cases to Chief Inspector.",
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            "content": "Form 'A'\nForm 'A'\n[See Rule 3(3)]\n(i) This permit shall be carried by the holder when collecting alms and, on demand by any police officer, be produced for inspection. It shall not be transferable.\n(ii) The collection shall be used only for the purpose mentioned above.\n(iii) The manner of the collection shall be as under.\n(iv) This permit shall be liable to cancellation for breach of any of its conditions.\nSecretary to Government/District Magistrate.\nForm 'B'\nForm 'B'\n[See Rule 6(2)]\nForm of Medical Examination\nForm of Medical Examination\nName (Full)\nAge.\nNo.\nDetained\nSex\nWt.\nHt.\nIdentification marks\nGeneral State of Health.\nFit for\nWork at\nInstitution.\nRemarks.\nDate.\nSignature of the Medical Officer.\nForm C\nForm C\n[See Rule 6(2)]\nForm of Medical Examination\nForm of Medical Examination\nName of the Receiving Centre.\nAdmission No.\n(A) Name in full\nMarried or Single\nCaste\nAge\nSex\nIdentification marks\nDate of admission in the Receiving Centre\nWeight\nHeight.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Eye.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Mouth.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Teeth.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Nose.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Throat.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Ear.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Heart.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Lungs.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Liver.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Spleen.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Skin.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Blood test, if any.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Mentality.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh320",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. DM/RI-03/53-H.-6973-H",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1954",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Prevention of Beggary Rules, 1954",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}