The provisions of Section 16 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of…
Section 16 says that section 10A of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 "shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of imposition and realisation of collective…
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The provisions of Section 16 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 apply to:
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Section 16 says that section 10A of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 "shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of imposition and realisation of collective fine and for all other matters connected therewith under this Act". Forfeiture of a convict's property is a separate power under section 7, and fines on individual convicts follow the ordinary sentencing law.