The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959

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    "title": "The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959",
    "short_title": "The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959",
    "act_number": "Bombay Act X of 1960",
    "act_year": 1959,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Delhi",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "CHAPTER I",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER I",
            "content": "Preliminary\n1. short title, extent, commencement and repeal of corresponding laws and provisions.-",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.-",
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            "content": "(i) \"Begging\" means-\n(a) Soliciting or receiving alms, in a public place whether or not under any pretence such as singing, dancing, fortune telling, performing or offering any article for sale;\n(b) entering on any private premises for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms;\n(c) exposing or exhibiting, with the object of obtaining or extorting alms, any sore, wound injury, deformity of diseases whether of a human being or animal;\n(d) having no visible means of subsistence and wandering, about or remaining in any public place in such condition or manner, as makes it likely that the person doing so exist soliciting or receiving alms;\n(e) allowing oneself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms; but does not include soliciting or receiving money or food or given for a purpose authorises by any law, or authorised in the manner prescribed by [the Deputy Commissioner or such other officer as be specified in this behalf by the Chief Commissioner] (ii) \"Certified Institution\" means any institution which the [Chief Commissioner] provides and maintains for the detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependants and includes an institution certified to be such under sub-section (1) of section 13; [(ii a) \"Chief Commissioner\" means the Chief Commissioner of Delhi;] (iii) \"Chief Inspector\" means the person appointed to be Chief Inspector of Certified Institutions under sub-section (1) of section 17 and includes an Additional Chief Inspector appointed under that section; [(iv) \"Child\" has the meaning assigned to it in the Children Act;] [(v) \"Children Act\" means the law for the time being in force in the Union Territory of Delhi* relating to neglected and delinquent children and providing for their care, protection and other matters;] [(vi) \"Court\" means any court exercising criminal jurisdiction in the area in which this Act is in force;] (vii) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (viii) \"Probation Officer\" means an officer appointed to be Probation Officer under sub-section (1) of section 17; (ix) \"public place\" includes a railway compartment; (x) \"Reception Centre\" means an institution for the receiving and temporary detention of beggars provided by the [Chief Commissioner] or certified to be such under sub-section (1) of section 12; (xi) \"Superintendent\" means a Superintendent of a Receiving Centre or a Certified Institution, as the case may be. [***] CHAPTER II PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH BEGGARS AND BEGGAR OFFENDERS 3. Power of courts. - The powers conferred on courts by the Act shall be exercised only by the High Court, a Court of Sessions, [***] a Magistrate of first class, [a court constituted under the Children Act,] or any other, court exercising criminal jurisdiction in the area, and may be exercised by such courts whether the case comes before them originally or on appeal or revision.\nbut does not include soliciting or receiving money or food or given for a purpose authorises by any law, or authorised in the manner prescribed by [the Deputy Commissioner or such other officer as be specified in this behalf by the Chief Commissioner]\n(ii) \"Certified Institution\" means any institution which the [Chief Commissioner] provides and maintains for the detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependants and includes an institution certified to be such under sub-section (1) of section 13;\n[(ii a) \"Chief Commissioner\" means the Chief Commissioner of Delhi;]\n(iii) \"Chief Inspector\" means the person appointed to be Chief Inspector of Certified Institutions under sub-section (1) of section 17 and includes an Additional Chief Inspector appointed under that section;\n[(iv) \"Child\" has the meaning assigned to it in the Children Act;]\n[(v) \"Children Act\" means the law for the time being in force in the Union Territory of Delhi* relating to neglected and delinquent children and providing for their care, protection and other matters;]\n[(vi) \"Court\" means any court exercising criminal jurisdiction in the area in which this Act is in force;]\n(vii) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(viii) \"Probation Officer\" means an officer appointed to be Probation Officer under sub-section (1) of section 17;\n(ix) \"public place\" includes a railway compartment;\n(x) \"Reception Centre\" means an institution for the receiving and temporary detention of beggars provided by the [Chief Commissioner] or certified to be such under sub-section (1) of section 12;\n(xi) \"Superintendent\" means a Superintendent of a Receiving Centre or a Certified Institution, as the case may be.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "CHAPTER II",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER II",
            "content": "PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH BEGGARS AND BEGGAR OFFENDERS\nPROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH BEGGARS AND BEGGAR OFFENDERS",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Power of courts.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Power of require person found begging to appear before court. -",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Summary inquiry in respect of persons found begging and their detention.-",
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            "content": "(i) the age and character of the beggar,\n(ii) the circumstances and conditions in which the beggar was living,\n(iii) reports made by the Probation Officer, and\n(iv)",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Penalty for begging after detention as beggar.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Offences to be tried summarily.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Contribution of parents.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Court may order detention of persons wholly dependent on beggar.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Powers of [Chief Commissioner] to order for the detention of incurably helpless beggars.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Penalty for employing or causing persons to beg or using them for purposes of begging.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "CHAPTER III",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER III",
            "content": "RECEIVING CENTRES AND CERTIFIED INSTITUTIONS",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Provision of Receiving Centers.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Provisions of Receiving Centres/Certified Institution.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Visiting Committees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Advisory Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) tender advice as regards management, to any Certified Institutions through the Chief Inspector or such other officer as the [Chief Commissioner] may specify,\n(b) collect subscriptions towards the recurring as well as non-recurring expenses of any or all Certified Institutions and disburse the collections in the prescribed manner,\n(c) advice the [Chief Commissioner] through the Chief Inspector as Certified Institutions or the desertification of any Certified Institutions, or (d) advice the [Chief Commissioner] generally on the working of this Act, and particularly on any point referred to it by the Chief Inspector or any other officer specified by Chief Inspector or any officer specified by the [Chief Commissioner] . 16. Payment of contribution by local authority and recovery thereof. - (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force any local authority which has agreed to pay a certain sum of money for the maintenance of Certified Institution shall make payment of that sum to the Central Government 1[before a date prescribed I that behalf].\n(d) advice the [Chief Commissioner] generally on the working of this Act, and particularly on any point referred to it by the Chief Inspector or any other officer specified by Chief Inspector or any officer specified by the [Chief Commissioner] .",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Payment of contribution by local authority and recovery thereof.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Appointment of Chief Inspector, Additional Chief Inspector, Inspector, Assistant Inspectors and Probation Officer.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Search in receiving centre and Certified Institutions.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Management and discipline.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Disciplinary imprisonment.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Transfer from one Receiving Centre or Certified Institution to another.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Release of licence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Revocation of licence.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Unconditional release.",
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        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "CHAPTER IV",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER IV",
            "content": "MISCELLANEOUS",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Procedure on order of detention or sentence of imprisonment.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Medical Examination and detention of leprosy patients and lunatics.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Arrest of person escaping from Receiving Centre or Certified Institution.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Transfers between Certified Institution and institution of like nature in different parts of India.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Power to take finger prints.",
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            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Seizure and disposal of animals exposed or exhibited for obtaining or extorting alms.",
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            "sort_order": 32
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        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Offence to be cognizable and non-cognizable.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Persons to be deemed public servants.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Bonds taken under Act V of 1898.",
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        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "CHAPTER V",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER V",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "34. Appeals. - For the purposes of appeal and revision under the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (V of 1898) an order of detention under this Act (including an order of detention under section 5), shall be deemed to be sentence of imprisonment for the same period.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Appeals.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the manner of authorizing a purpose under clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 2;\n(b) the manner of keeping persons arrested under sub-section (3) of section 4 or section 9;\n(c) the manner of making summary inquiry under sub-section (1) of section 5;\n(d) the manner in which contribution for the maintenance of person detained in a Certified Institution may be ordered to be paid under sub-section (1) of section 8;\n(e) the manner of appointing a visiting committee under section 14;\n(f) the conduct of business by the Advisory Committee;\n(g) the date before which payment shall be made under sub-section (1) of section 16;\n(h) the manner in which the affects and the money and valuable referred to in section 18 shall be made disposed of;\n(i) the management and discipline of persons detained in Receiving Centre or Certified Institution including the imposition of manual or other work and the awarding of punishment for breach of any rule made under this clause;\n(j) the conditions subject to which the Chief Inspector may direct transfer under section 21;\n(k) the conditions subject to which a person may be released on licence under section 22;\n(l) the conditions subject to which a licence may be revoked under section 23;\n(m) the manner of medical examination of beggars;\n(n) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed. [***]",
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        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Removal of difficulties.",
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            "content": "[***]",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "dl001",
        "Act Number": "Bombay Act X of 1960",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1959",
        "Short Title": "The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959",
        "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY",
        "Location": "Delhi"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22"
}