The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Amendment Act, 2024
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Amendment Act, 2024
A Bill
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy- fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Amendment Act, 2024.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),
in section 9:— (a)in sub-section (1), for the words "within a period of three months from the date of incident" and "within a period of three months from the date of last incident", the words "within a period of one year from the date of incident" and "within a period of one year from the date of last incident" respectively, shall be substituted; and (b)in the second proviso to sub-section (1), the words "not exceeding three months" shall be omitted.
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