Bare ActsThe SIKKIM PROHIBITION OF BEGGARY ACT,2004

Section 25

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(l) Wl^ere rt aooears to lhe Stare Governr-ent r.ar any oeggar anO oftenders detained in a Cert fied lnstltution ,";";;";;',;;;;i; Co.,1 is of ursgl,.ld mird or a repe,. tne Slale Government mau ^\ ar-oJde/ setting forth the g,ouods o, beliet tnu, ,n" O"qol, ,nj, ", OllenderS;S OI urSOUnO .nind Or a leper, OrOe, t S rerr"o"vat fO a mental hospital or leoer aSVtUm or other place ot sate custoOi, Io ne kepl and lredled as the St;te Governmenl rna\,0trecr oL no lhp ,erra ndpr o, t,re te,rr io. r hich he has been .rl","ol.L_ "J,u,""o or, i, on (he exp ratjon ot lhat rerm il is cerlift"o oy a laeOi"J Oiii.-ui thal it is recessary ,or tne safely' o, tr,e D.SSa, j"O .,i".ou," oioi olne,s rhat he shoLr d be furlher deta,ned u;e, rneoical caie-ol "' .- keatmenl, then until he is discharged according to iaw. (2) W_here it appears to the State Government thal the beggar afd olfenders_has ceased to oe ot Lnsound mr']d, or,s c.,re"d"ol Ieo.osv rhe SLale Goverlmenl shat,, by an orderdirec,"O,o fn" ,*,."..,,"," charge oi tne beggar a,o orr"noe,s irir,i iua-o;-,;;;;;;;;.] :#Y send hrrn lo lhe Cernfled trslitutior kom whrch h; *"";;;;;;""r. II lne beggar and oflender rs no ronger rrabte to be kepl i" ";r;;;, order him lo be dtscharoed (3) Ihe provis,ons of Section 40 ot rhe N,4entat Heafth Acl, 1g87, and the provisiors oi of Sect;on t 4 ot the Lepers Act. IBgS s.rt,;^;,, to every beggar ano o enders contined i.r a ,"ri"f n"*iir.riJ,i"l asyiurn Ljnde, suo-secl on l ) arter the expi^t.;;; ;;;;r;;;;' wnrcn ne was ordered lo be detained and fhe limadurrno whrnh a oegga'and offendets ts corfrned in a menlal hosoiralorieoers asylu.1 under lhal suo-seclion shall be recko*O u, pu.t o, ff,'"'plr"o ior which he may have been ordered by the Courr io Oe oelirleal- I An'est ol petsoD escaping trom Receiving Centrc or Certilied lnstilution. between Cedilied lnstitullon and lnstitullon ol like naturc in dilferent parts of lndia. Power to take linger prints. Seizute and disposal ol animals exposed otexhibited tor obtaining or extorting alms, Provided that where the removal oi a beg0ar and olienders due lo unsoundn€ss of mind or leprosy is immediateiy necessary, il shall be oper'r to the aulhorilies ollhe lnslitulion in which the beggar and of,enders is detai|ied to apply to a Courl having jrrrisdict on under lhe t\4ental Heallh Ac1, I987 or the Lepers Acl, 1898. as the case may be, for as immediate order ol comoriltal to a mental hospilal or a lepels asylum uflil such lime and lhe orders ol lhe State Government can be oblained rn ihe matler

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