(e) forcibly commits on a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe any act, such as
removing clothes from the person, forcible tonsuring of head, removing moustaches, painting face or
body or any other similar act, which is derogatory to human dignity;
(f) wrongfully occupies or cultivates any land, owned by, or in the possession of or allotted to, or
notified by any competent authority to be allotted to, a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe, or gets such land transferred;
(g) wrongfully dispossesses a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe from his land or
premises or interferes with the enjoyment of his rights, including forest rights, over any land or
premises or water or irrigation facilities or destroys the crops or takes away the produce therefrom.
Explanation.––For the purposes of clause (f) and this clause, the expression ―wrongfully‖
includes—
(A) against the person‘s will;
(B) without the person‘s consent;
(C) with the person‘s consent, where such consent has been obtained by putting the person, or
any other person in whom the person is interested in fear of death or of hurt; or
(D) fabricating records of such land;
(h) makes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to do ―begar‖ or other forms of
forced or bonded labour other than any compulsory service for public purposes imposed by the
Government;
(i) compels a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to dispose or carry human or
animal carcasses, or to dig graves;
(j) makes a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe to do manual scavenging or
employs or permits the employment of such member for such purpose;
(k) performs, or promotes dedicating a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe woman to a deity,
idol, object of worship, temple, or other religious institution as a devadasi or any other similar
practice or permits aforementioned acts;
(l) forces or intimidates or prevents a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe—
(A) not to vote or to vote for a particular candidate or to vote in a manner other than that
provided by law;
(B) not to file a nomination as a candidate or to withdraw such nomination; or
(C) not to propose or second the nomination of a member of a Scheduled Caste or a
Scheduled Tribe as a candidate in any election;
(m) forces or intimidates or obstructs a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, who
is a member or a Chairperson or a holder of any other office of a Panchayat under Part IX of the
Constitution or a Municipality under Part IXA of the Constitution, from performing their normal
duties and functions;
(n) after the poll, causes hurt or grievous hurt or assault or imposes or threatens to impose social
or economic boycott upon a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or prevents from
availing benefits of any public service which is due to him;
(o) commits any offence under this Act against a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled
Tribe for having voted or not having voted for a particular candidate or for having voted in a manner
provided by law;
(p) institutes false, malicious or vexatious suit or criminal or other legal proceedings against a
member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
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