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TitleBegging
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"Begging" means-

(i) Soliciting or receiving alms in a public place, whether or not under any pretence such as singing, dancing, fortune-telling, reciting holy verse or performing tricks;

(ii) entering in any private premises for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms;

(iii) exposing or exhibiting with the object of obtaining or extorting alms any sore, wound, injury, deformity or disease;

(iv) having no visible means of subsistence and wandering about and remaining in any public place in such condition or manner as makes it likely that the person doing so exists by soliciting or receiving alms; and

(v) allowing oneself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms.

[See, section 2 (c), the Children Act, 1974 (Act No. XXXIX of 1974).
Created OnJune 1, 2011, 12:28 PM
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