Maharashtra Devdasi System (Abolition) Act, 2005

An Act to provide for a comprehensive law to abolish the practice of dedication of women as Devdasis to Hindu deities, idols, objects of worship, temples or religious institutions, and to protect the women so dedicated against exploitation, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Act number

Act 33 of 2006

Year

2006

Enacted on

11-08-2006

In force from

11 August 2006

Jurisdiction

Maharashtra State Act

Subjects

Women And Children

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Official source: India Code