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Transitional Proviswn. 34\5203 !97)MC. 115 ACT 11 OF 1996* THE KERALA (SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRffiES) REGULATION OF ISSUE OF COMMUNITY CERTIFICATES ACT, 1996 Ae Act to priJvirlc for and tD regulate Ul/1 t.SSut of commuruty certificates to members of tk Scheduled Castes lllld the Scheduled Tnbes in the State of Kerala. Preamble.-WHEREAS it is considered necessary to devise and provided for a strict procedure for and to regulate the issue of commwuty certificates to members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the State of Kerala; AND WHEREAS in order to cm b effectively the evil practices ofsecurmg such certificates by persons other than t~ose belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for claiming the benefits of reservation and snch other benefits meant for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tnbcs and to make provision for prescribing punishment therefor and to ptovide for matters -connected the1."eWith or incidental therdo; BE it enacted in the Forty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:-