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Repeal. ***** STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 1 of 1984 .- The Devadasi Abolition Act of Bombay State and a similar Act of Madras Government are in force in the Bombay Karnataka Area and in Bellary District respectively. It was also found that in some parts of Karnataka the Devadasi System is still in force and the women who are inducted to this system are in a pitiable condition and this has led them to take up prostitution for a living. Therefore it is found necessary to bring forward a legislation to minimise this social evil and to rehabilitate the victims. Dedication of a woman as Devadasi is made an offence and in order to make the provisions more effective, higher punishment is provided for a person abetting the offence if he happens to be the parent, guardian or relative of the woman. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette Part IV-2A (Extraordinary) No. 75 dated 3-2- 1982 at page 5.) II Amending Act 1 of 2010.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982,- (1) to empower the district magistrate or executive magistrate to issue injunction prohibiting likelihood of taking place of dedication to devadasis. (2) to provide for the rescue, care, protection welfare and rehabilitation of woman from dedication. (3) to provide that the offences under this Act are cognizable and non-bailable. (4) to provide for the appointment of Devadasis dedication prohibition officers with powers to prevent such dedication. Hence, the Bill. (L.A.Bill No. 4 of 2009, File No. Samvyashe 08 Shasana 2008) [Entries 1, 2, 5 and 23 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] ***** 2 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 1 OF 1984 (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Thirty-first day of January, 1984) THE KARNATAKA DEVADASIS (PROHIBITION OF DEDICATION) ACT, 1982 (Received the assent of the President on the eleventh day of January, 1984) (As amended by Karnataka Act 1 of 2010) An Act to prevent dedication of women as devadasis in the State of Karnataka. WHEREAS the practice of dedicating women as devadasis to deities, idols, objects of worship, temples and other religious institutions or places of worship exists in certain parts of the State of Karnataka ; AND whereas such practice leads women so dedicated to a life of prostitution; AND whereas it is expedient to put an end to the practice ; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-