Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
DELHI
India
The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
Rule THE-BOMBAY-PREVENTION-OF-BEGGING-ACT ... begging or being used for the purpose of begging. 11. Penalty for employing or causing persons to beg or using them for purposes of begging
Drugs Act, 1930; or section 66, 69 or 85 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949; or section 122 of the Bombay Police Act ... section 6 or 11 of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959; or any other offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term
Section 5 in The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
5. Summary inquiry in respect of persons found begging and their detention.-
(1) Where ... likely to beg again, it may after due admonition release the beggar on a bond for the beggars abstaining from begging and being
Delhi Public Gambling Act, 1955 (Delhi Act 9 of 1955), or under section 12 of that Act in so far as it relates to satta ... Opium Act, 1878 (1 of 1878); or (ii) the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 (2 of 1930); or (iii) the Drugs and Cosmetics Act
Section 17 in The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
17. Appointment of Chief Inspector, Additional Chief Inspector, Inspector, Assistant Inspectors and Probation Officer
Section 6 in The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
6. Penalty for begging after detention as beggar.
(1) Whenever, having been previously detained ... Certified Institution under this Act is found begging, shall on conviction be punished as hereinafter in this section provided. (2) When a person is convicted
Section 4 in The Bombay Prevention Of Begging Act, 1959
4. Power of require person found begging to appear before court. -
(1) Any police officer ... June, 1960] may arrest without a warrant any person who is found begging: Provided that no person entering on any private premises for the purpose
Begging Act, 1959
The Haryana Prevention of Beggary Act, 1971
The Himachal Pradesh Prevention of Beggary Act, 1979
The Punjab Prevention of Beggary Act ... Begging Act, 1945)
The Sikkim Prohibition of Beggary Act, 2004
The Bengal Vagrancy Act, 1943
The Jammu & Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act
defined and that the
object of the Act is not simply to criminalize the act of begging but to target
groups and communities whose pattern ... act, however, there is a complete absence of a "guilty mind" in
the act of begging. Mr Bhat would contend that no person
accused
person was found begging and committed an offence of begging u/s 2(1)(i)
of the BPB Act, 1959 and guilty ... accused person was
found begging and committed an offence of begging u/s 2(1)(i) of the
BPB Act, 1959 and guilty
