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WOMEN-RELATED LEGISLATIONS in india

By: 58jainp Verified Member MouthShut Verified Member | Posted Jan 08, 2017 | lets make a better INDIA | 921 Views

The information written below is true to best of my knowledge.


the list is for the legislations for women safety and her rights .


list goes as below:-


The Indian Penal Code,1860


The Indian Evidence Act, 1872


The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872(15 of 1872)


The Married Women's Property Act, 1874(3 of 1874)


The Guardians and Wards Act,1890


The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923


The Trade Unions Act 1926


The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929(19 of 1929)


The Payments of Wages Act, 1936


The Payments of Wages(Procedure) Act, 1937


The Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Act, 1937


Employers Liabilities Act 1938


The Minimum Wages Act, 1948


The Employees' State Insurance Act,1948


The Factories Act, 1948


The Minimum Wages Act, 1950


The Plantation Labour Act, 1951(amended by Acts Nos. 42 of 1953, 34 of 1960, 53 of1961, 58 of 1981 and 61 of 1986)


The Cinematograph Act, 1952


The Mines Act 1952


The Special Marriage Act, 1954


The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955


The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(28 of 1989)


The Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956


The Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956


The Hindu Succession Act, 1956


The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961(53 of 1961)


The Beedi & Cigar Workers(Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966


The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969(33 of 1969)


The Indian Divorce Act, 1969(4 of 1969)


The Contract Labour(Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970


The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971(34 of 1971)


Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973


The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976


The Bonded Labour System(Abolition) Act, 1979


The Inter-State Migrant Workmen(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979


The Family Courts Act, 1984


The Muslim women(Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986


Mental Health Act, 1987


National Commission for Women Act, 1990(20 of 1990)


The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 [As amended by the Protection of Human Rights(Amendment) Act, 2006 - No. 43 of 2006]


Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000


The Child Labour(Prohibition & Regulation) Act


The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques(Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994


The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006


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