Section 15: Regulations
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15. Regulations
(1) The Minister may make such regulations as he thinks fit for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide that any person
who contravenes them shall commit an offence, and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding one year.
[S. 15 amended by s. 13 of Act 19 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 July 2013.]
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Protection of Human Rights Act
SCHEDULE
[Section 3]
OATH OF OFFICE FOR CHAIRPERSON AND DEPUTY CHAIRPERSONS OF
COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF DIVISIONS
I, ............................................. having been appointed as Chairperson*/Deputy
Chairperson*/member of the ............................................................. Division*,
of the National Human Rights Commission under the Protection of Human Rights
Act, do swear/solemnly affirm* that I shall faithfully, impartially and to the best of
my ability discharge the trust and perform the duties devolving upon me by such
appointment and that I shall not without reasonable cause disclose any information
imparted to me in the performance of such duties.
(s) ......................................... Before me,
(s) .................................................
President of the Republic
Date: .....................................
* Delete as appropriate
[Schedule repealed and replaced by s. 14 of Act 19 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 July 2013.]
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- Can breaking a regulation made under this Act lead to a fine or imprisonment?