MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 17th August, 2018/Shravana 26, 1940 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 17th August, 2018, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND THE SCHEDULED TRIBES
(PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) AMENDMENT ACT, 2018
NO. 27 OF 2018
[17th August, 2018.]
An Act further to amend the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint