Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — back to Table of Contents
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Note: The Act came into force on 30 January 1990. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” were omitted from sub-section (2) by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, with effect from 31 October 2019.
