| Consider the following statements with reference to the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. |
| 1. Offences under the act are non- cognisable and bailable. |
| 2. It seeks to rehabilitate manual scavengers and provide for their alternative employment. |
| 3. The act prohibits the employment of manual scavengers, the manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment and the construction of insanitary latrines. |
| 4. The act has a wider scope and higher penalties than the 1993 Act. |
| Which of the statements given above are correct? |
A) 1 and 3
B) 2 and 3
C) 2, 3 and 4
D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
[c] Offences under the act shall be cognisable and statement 4 ment explain non-bailable. All the other statements are correct except Statement 1. Prohibition of employment as manual scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 came into force on 6th December, 2013 across India except Jammu and Kashmir. The law prohibits the employment of manual scavengers, the manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment and the construction of insanitary latrines.
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