The Bihar State Commission for Women Act, 1999

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    "title": "The Bihar State Commission for Women Act, 1999",
    "short_title": "The Bihar State Commission for Women Act, 1999",
    "act_number": "Bihar Act 6 of 1999",
    "act_year": 1999,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar State Commission for Women Act, 1999",
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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) \"Commission\" means the Bihar State Commission fa Women constituted under Section 3;\n(b) \"Members\" means a Member of the Commission and includes the member-secretary;\n(c) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.\nChapter II\nThe Bihar State Commission For Women",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of the Bihar State Commission for Women.",
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            "content": "(a) A Chairperson, committed to the cause of women, to be nominated by the State Government;\n(b) Besides, seven non-official women members to be nominated as follows by the State Government from amongst persons of ability, integrity and standing:\n(i) Of 7 non-official members, one belonging to Scheduled Castes, one to Scheduled Tribes, one to Minority and one to Backward classes, and who have sufficient experience of social service.\n(ii) One who have had experience in law or legislation,\n(iii) One who have experience in N.G.Os.,Trade Union Management of an Industry or Organisation committed to increasing employment potential of women;\n(iv) One with experience to social welfare or administration or health or education.\n(c) One official member to be a representative of Welfare Department;\n(d) One official member to be representative of Home (Special) Department;\n(e) Managing Director of the Bihar State Women Development Corporation, Patna would be ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Commission.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Terms of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.",
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            "content": "(a) becomes an undischarged insolvent;\n(b) gets convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence involving moral turpitude;\n(c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;\n(d) refused to act or becomes incapable of acting;\n(e) without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absent from three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or\n(f) In the opinion of the State Government abuses the position of Chairperson or Member as to render that person's continuance in office detrimental to the public interest; she could be removed by the State Government from her office.\n(g) A vacancy caused under sub-section (2) or otherwise shall be filled by fresh nomination.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Facilities of Chairperson and non-official members of the Commission.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. The officers and other employees of the Commission.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Salaries and allowances to be paid out of grants.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Vacancies etc. not to invalidate proceedings of the Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of the committees by the Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9A",
            "title": "9A. Procedure to be regulated by the Commission.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nFunctions of The Commission",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Functions of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) To investigate and examine all matters relating to the safeguards provided for women under existing laws;\n(b) To present to the State Government, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards for women;\n(c) To make in such reports recommendations for the effective implementation of those safeguards for improving the conditions of women in the State;\n(d) To review, from time to time, the existing provisions and laws affecting women and recommend amendments thereto so as to suggest remedial legislative measures to meet any lacunae, inadequacies or shortcomings in such legislation's;\n(e) To take up all cases of atrocities against women in the State and violation of laws relating to women with the appropriate authorities.\n(f) Look into complaints and take suo motu notice of matters relating to the following subjects:-\n(i) deprivation of women's rights;\n(ii) non-implementation of laws enacted to provide protection to women and also to achieve the objective of equality and development;\n(iii) non-compliance of policy decisions, guidelines or instructions aimed at mitigating hardships and ensuring welfare and providing relief to women; and take up the issues arising out of such matters with appropriate authorities;\n(g) call for special studies or investigations into specific problems or situations arising out of discrimination and identify the constrains so as to recommend strategies for their removal;\n(h) undertake promotional and educational research so as to suggest ways and ensuring due representation of women in all spheres and identify factors responsible for impending their advancement, such as, lack of access to housing and basic services, inadequate support services and technologies for reducing drudgery and occupational health hazards and for increasing their productivity;\n(i) participate and advise on the planning process of socio-economic development of women;\n(j) evaluate the progress of the development of women under the State;\n(k) inspect or cause to be inspected a jail, remand homes, women's institution or other place of custody where women are kept as prisioners or otherwise, and take up with the concerned authorities for remedial action, if found necessary;\n(l) fund litigation involving issues affecting a large body of women;\n(m) make periodical reports to the Government on any matter pertaining to women and in particular various difficulties under which women suffer;\n(n) any other matter which may be referred to it by State Government.\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of India and examining him on oath;\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;\n(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;\n(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; and\n(f) any other matter which may be prescribed.\nChapter IV\nFinance Accounts And Audit",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Grants by the State Government.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Accounts and Audits.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Annual Report.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Annual Report and Audit Report to be laid before Legislature.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nMiscellaneous",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Chairperson, Members and Staff of the Commission to be public servants.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. State Government to consult Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) Allowances, etc., payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson and Members under Section 5 and the salaries and allowances of officers and other employees under subsection (2) of Section 6;\n(b) Allowances for attending the meetings of the committee by the co-opted persons under sub-section (3) of Section 6;\n(c) Other matters under clause (f) of sub-section (4) of Section 10;\n(d) the form in which the annual statement of accounts shall be maintained under sub-section (1) of Section 12;\n(e) the form in, and the time at, which the annual report shall be prepared under Section 13;\n(f) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh115",
        "Act Number": "Bihar Act 6 of 1999",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1999",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar State Commission for Women Act, 1999",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}