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The Criminal Tribes Act 1871, 27 of 1871, (Rep., Act 3 of 1911 )

32 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 1This Act may be called "The Criminal Tribes' Act, 1871," and it shall come into force on the passing thereof
  2. 2Any Village-Headman, Village-Watchman, owner or occupier of land, who shall fail to comply with the
  3. 3All Magistrates and other persons are hereby indemnified for anything heretofore done under the circ
  4. 4The Local Government shall cause the following registers to be made and kept up by such officer as, from time to time, it appoints in this behalf:
  5. 5Any person deeming himself aggrieved by any entry made or proposed to be made in such register, eith
  6. 6Any eunuch so registered who appears, dressed or ornamented like a woman, in a public street or plac
  7. 7Any eunuch so registered who has in his charge, or keeps in the house in which he resides, or under
  8. 8The Magistrate may direct that any such boy shall be returned to his parents or guardians, if they c
  9. 9No eunuch so registered shall be capable
  10. 10The register, when made, shall be kept by the District Superintendent of Police, who shall, from tim
  11. 11No alteration shall be made in such register except by or by order of the said Magistrate, and he sh
  12. 12Section 12
  13. 13Section 13
  14. 14Section 14
  15. 15No tribe, gang or class, shall be settled or removed under the provisions of this Act until such arr
  16. 16When the removal of any persons has been ordered under this Act, the register of such persons' names
  17. 17The Local Government may, with the sanction of the Governor General in Council, place any tribe, gan
  18. 18The
  19. 19Any person violating any of the rules made under section eighteen shall be punished with rigorous im
  20. 20Any person registered under the provisions of this Act, who is found in any part of British India, b
  21. 21It shall be the duty of every Village-Headman and Village-Watchman in a village in which any persons
  22. 22Any Village-Headman, Village-Watchman, owner or occupier of land, who shall fail to comply with the
  23. 23All Magistrates and other persons are hereby indemnified for anything heretofore done under the circ
  24. 24The Local Government shall cause the following registers to be made and kept up by such officer as, from time to time, it appoints in this behalf:
  25. 25Any person deeming himself aggrieved by any entry made or proposed to be made in such register, eith
  26. 26Penalty on registered eunuch appearing in female clothes;
  27. 27Any eunuch so registered who has in his charge, or keeps in the house in which he resides, or under
  28. 28The Magistrate may direct that any such boy shall be returned to his parents or guardians, if they c
  29. 29No eunuch so registered shall be capable
  30. 30Power to require information as to registered eunuch's property
  31. 31Rules for making and keeping up registers of eunuchs
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