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Operation of other Laws not barred. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PREVENTION OF BEGGARY ACT, 1979 (ACT NO. 22 OF 1979)1 (Received the assent of the President on 18th August, 1979 and was published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 8th September, 1979, pp. 2252-2260). An Act to provide for the prevention of begging, removal, detention and custody, trial and punishment of beggar offenders. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Thirtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-