Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In section 2 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),- (i) after clause (b), the following clauses shall be inserted, amely:- '(bb) "dependent" means the spouse, children. parens, brother and sister of the victim, who are dependent wholly or mainly on such, .dim for his support and maintenance; (be) "economic boycott" means- (i) a refusal to deal with, work for hire or do business with other person: or Ui) to deny opportunities induding access to se ·vices or contractual opportunities for rendering service for consideration or (iii) to refuse to do anything on the terms on w ich things would be commonly done in the ordinary course of business; r (ill) to abstain from the professional or busine s relations that one would maintain with other person; (bd) "Exclusive Special Court" means the Exclu ive Special Court established under sub-section (1) of section 14 exclusive! to try the offences under this Act; (be) "forest rights" shall have the meaning assigned to it in sub-section (I) of section 3 of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Tradirional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; 2 of 2otJ7. (b]) "manual scavenger" shall have the meaning ass gned to it in clause (g) of sub~section(1) of section 2 of the Prohibition of Em layment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013; 25 of 2013. (bg) "public servant" means a public servant as defi ed under section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. as well as any other person de med to be a public 45 of 1860. servant uncler any other law for the time being in force and nclucles any person acting in his official capacity under the Central Gove ment or the State Government, as the case may be;': Ui) after clause (e), the following clauses shall be inserted, amely:- '(ea) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to tl is Act: (eb) "social boycott" means a refusal to permit a pers n to render to other person or receive from him any customary service or to . hstain from social relations that one would maintain with other person or a isolate him from others; (ec) "victim" means any individual who falls within he definition of the "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" under clause ( ) of sub-section (f) ofsection 2, and who has suffered or expelienced physical. m mal, psychological. emotional or monetary hallll or halllllo hi~ properly a~ a res: t oCthe commission of any offence under this Act and includes his relatives, leg' I guardian and legal heirs; (ed) "witness" means any perSOll who is acquaintel with the facts and circumstances, or is in possession of any jnformation or has nowledge necessary for the purpose of investigation, inquiry or tlial ofany crime nvolving an offence under this Act, ::md who is or Illay be required to give inf rmation or make a stalement or produce <my document during investigation, in Juiry or trial of such case and includes a victim of such offcm:c;'; SEC. l] HE GAZEITE OF lNDIAEXTRAORDlNARY 3 45 of 1860. [ of 1872. 1 of 1974. (iii) for cla se (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "if) t le words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Indi< n Penal Code, the Indian EvidenceAct, 1872 or the Code ofCliminal Procedure, 1973, as the case may be, shaH be deemed to have the meanings respective! assigned to them in those enactments.".