National Commission for Women Act

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THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT, 1990 [Act No. 20 of 1990] [30th August, 1990] PREAMBLE An Act, to constitute a National Commission for Women and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty- first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- (1) This Act may be called the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. (2) It extends to the whole of India [1] ***. (3) It shall come into force on such date [2] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Footnotes ^ The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Sch. V (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019). ^ 31st January, 1992, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 99(E), dated 31st January, 1992, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3(ii). In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Commission” means the National Commission for Women constituted under section 3; (b) “Member” means a Member of the Commission and includes the Member-Secretary; (c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act. (1) The Central Government shall constitute a body to be known as the National Commission for Wo