The Gujarat Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 2018

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Gujarat Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 9, in sub-section (1), in the proviso, the words "a contagious leper or" shall be deleted.

-1 3. In the principalAct, in section 26,-

1. (1) in sub.section(1),-
   • (a) thewords "or a leper" occurring at two places shall be deleted;
   • (b) the words "or leper asylum" shall be deleted;
   • (c) for the words "mental hospital", the words "mental health establishment" shall be substituted;
2. (2) in sub-section (2),the words" or is cured of leprosy" shall be deleted;
3. (3) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) The provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act,2017 shall apply to every beggar confined in a mental health establishment under sub-section
4. (1) of this section after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained; and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental health establishment under that sub-section shall be reckoned as a part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the Court to be detained: Provided that where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind isimmediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the Certified Institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to the court having jurisdiction under the Mental Healthcare Act,2017 for an immediate order'of committal to a mental health establishment until such time as the orders of the State Govemment can be obtained in the matter.".
5. (4) in the marginal note, the words"leprosy patients and" shall be deleted.