THE KARNATAKA STATE MINORITIES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty fifth day of April, 2016)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 13 OF 2016
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Twenty sixth day of April, 2016)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994 (Karnataka Act 31 of 1994) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty-Seventh year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka State Minorities Commission (Amendment) Act, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994 (Karnataka Act 31 of 1994), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act) in section 3,-
(i) in sub-section (2), in clause (a), for the words "and Sikh community", the words "Sikh and Zorostrian (Parsis) community", shall be substituted.
(ii) at the end the following proviso shall be inserted, namely,- “provided that at least one such member shall be a woman.”
3. Amendment of section 10.- After Section 10 of the Principal Act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
"10A. Powers of the commission.- The commission shall, while performing any of the functions mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 10 have all the powers of a civil court trying a suit and in particular, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of State and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and documents; and
(f) any other matter as may be prescribed."
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