The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
(SC/ST POA)
Application of certain provisions of the Indian Penal Code.
Chapter 2: OFFENCES OF ATROCITIES
Section: 6
Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the provisions of section 34, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VA, section 149 and Chapter XXIII of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) , shall, so far as may be, apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of the Indian Penal Code.
