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Power to make rules. _______ 2 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT, 1996 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT, 1996 (Act No. 22 of 1997)1. (Received the assent of the President on 9th October, 1997, and was published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 25th October, 1997, pp. 4261-4280). Amended, repealed or otherwise affected by- H.P. Act No. 12 of 20082 assented to by the Governor on the 7th June, 2008, published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh dated 9th June, 2008, pp. 1566-1567. An Act to constitute a State Commission for Women and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a Commission with the aim of furthering the fundamental rights guaranteed by Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India with respect to women and to give effect to the Directive Principles of State Policy and in particular those enshrined in Articles 38, 39, 39A and 42 of the Constitution to improve the status and dignity of women in the society, to investigate into and take or suggest suitable remedial measures against practices derogatory to women, to effectively monitor and implement laws affecting women and to advise the Govt. in all matters related to the improvement and upliftment of status and dignity of women in the society and for matters connected herewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Forty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-