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The Criminal Tribes Act, 1871
Act ID: 1871
The Criminal Tribes Act, 1871
"An Act for the Registration of Criminal Tribes and Eunuchs. Repealed."
Table of Contents
31 Sections
Ch. I
– . Criminal Tribes.
S.1
Short title and extent
S.2
Local Government to report what tribes should be declared criminal
S.3
Report to contain certain particulars
S.4
Occupation of wandering tribe to be stated and also proposed residence and means of livelihood
S.5
Notification declaring tribe to be criminal
S.6
Bar of jurisdiction of Courts in questions relating to notification
S.7
Register of members of such tribes
S.8
Procedure in making register
S.9
Penalties for failing to appear, refusing or giving false information
S.10
Charge of register and Reporting desirable alterations
S.11
By whom alterations to be made
S.12
Complains of entres in register
S.13
Settlement of tribe in place prescribed by Local Government
S.14
Removal to other place
S.15
Arrangements to be made prior to settlement or removal
S.16
Transfer of register of persons ordered to be removed
S.17
Power to place tribe in reformatory settlement
S.18
Power to make rules
S.19
Penalties for breach of rules
S.20
Arrest of registered person found beyond prescribed limits
S.21
Duties of Village-Heaclmeu, Village-Watchmen, &c
S.22
Penalty for breach of such duties
S.23
Indemnity for past registrations and detentions
Ch. I
I– . Eunuchs.
S.24
Registers of eunuchs and their property
S.25
Complaints of entries in register
S.26
Penalty on registered eunuch appearing in female clothes
S.27
Penalty on registered eunuch keeping boy under sixteen
S.28
Maintenance and education of boys whose parents cannot be found
S.29
Disabilities of registered eunuchs
S.30
Power to require information as to registered eunuch's properly
S.31
Rules for making and keeping up registers of eunuchs