The RAJASTHAN LOKAYUKTA AND UP-LOKAYUKTAS ACT, 1973
The RAJASTHAN LOKAYUKTA AND UP-LOKAYUKTAS ACT, 1973
The Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act of 1973 establishes an independent anti-corruption ombudsman system in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It regulates investigations into allegations of corruption, abuse of power, and lack of professional integrity among public servants. This legislation applies to state ministers, government officers, local officials, and employees of state-controlled entities. It matters because it gives citizens a powerful mechanism to challenge official misconduct and hold government authorities accountable. Operating with civil court powers to summon witnesses and gather key evidence, the ombudsman works to ensure transparency, promote integrity, and curb systemic corruption throughout the state's public administration.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Appointment of Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas
- 4. Lokayukta or Up-Lokayukta to hold no other office
- 5. Term of office and other conditions of service of Lokayukta and UpLokayuktas
- 6. Removal of Lokayukta or Up-Lokayukta
- 7. Matters which may be investigated by Lokayukta or Up-Lokayukta
- 8. Matters not subject to investigation
- 9. Provisions relating to complaints
- 10. Procedure in respect of investigations
- 11. Evidence
- 12. Reports of Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas
- 13. Prosecution for false complaint
- 14. Staff of Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas
- 15. Secrecy of information
- 16. Intentional insult or interruption to, or bringing into disrepute Lokayukta or Up-Lokayukta
- 17. Protection
- 18. Conferment of additional functions on Lokayukta, and Up-Lokayuktas etc
- 19. Power to exclude complaints against certain classes of public servant
- 20. Power to delegate
- 21. Power to make rules
- 22. Removal of doubts
- 23. Repeal and saving
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