THE COMMISSION OF SATI (PREVENTION) ACT, 1987
No. 3 of 1988
An Act to provide for the more effective prevention of the commission of sati and its glorification and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto,
Whereas sati or the burning or burying alive of widows or women is revolting to the feelings of human nature and is nowhere enjoined by any of the religions of India as an imperative duty;
And whereas it is necessary to take more effective measures to prevent the commission of sati and its glorification;
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States.
Definitions. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
- (a) "Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19732 of 1974.;
- (b) "glorification", in relation to sati, whether such sati, was committed before or after the commencement of this Act, includes, among other things,-
- (i) the observance of any ceremony or the taking out of a procession in connection with the commission of sati; or
- (ii) the supporting, justifying or propagating the practice of sati in any manner; or
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- ↑ 21-3-1988 ; vide Notification No. G.S.R. 359 (E), dated 21-3-1988, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1988, pt. II; seo, 3 (i).
