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SC/ST Act Chapter I: Preliminary

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Sections 1–2). Each links to its verbatim text.

SC/ST Act1 Short title, extent and commencement
SC/ST Act2 Definitions

Other chapters of the SC/ST Act

Chapter II: Offences of Atrocities
Chapter III: Externment
Chapter IV: Special Courts
Chapter IVA: Rights of Victims and Witnesses
Chapter V: Miscellaneous

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