Protection of Human Rights Act

Opening preview

THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993 [Act No. 10 of 1994] [8th January, 1994] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto. be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- (1) This Act may be called the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. (2) It extends to the whole of India: 1* * * * * (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of September, 1993. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “armed forces” means the naval, military and air forces and includes any other armed forces of the Union; (b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Commission or of the State Commission, as the case may be; [2] [(ba) “Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities referred to in sub-section (1) of section 74 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016);] (c) “Commission” means the National Human Rights Commission constituted under section 3; (d) “Human R