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Transitional Provision 2 THE ANDHRA PRADESH (SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES AND BACKWARD CLASSES) REGULATION OF ISSUE OF COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES ACT, 1993 Act No. 16 of 1993 [8th September, 1993] AN ACT TO REGULATE THE ISSUE OF COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES RELATING TO PERSONS BELONGING TO THE SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES AND BACKWARD CLASSES AND MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. Whereas, it has been brought to the notice of the Government that candidates who seek employment in Government Departments, Public Sector Undertakings and such other organisations and candidates seeking admission into educational institutions, against the vacancies or, as the case may be, the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes are producing false community certificates and securing employment or seats, as the case may be; And whereas, by securing such employment or admission on the basis of false community certificates the benefits of special provisions made for the advancement of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes in the matter of public employment and educational opportunities are not reaching such Castes, Tribes and Classes; And whereas, the Government have decided to curb effectively the evil practice of producing false community certificates by devising a strict procedure for the issue of such certificates and prescribing deterrent punishment to those who produce false community certificates. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Forty-Third year of the Republic of India, as follows: