Vagrancy Act, 1950

 

Vagrancy Act
[LXXIV of 1950]


Section 2(a)—

Mere roaming
around in any area would not bring the sex—workers within the mischief of
section 2(9) of Vagrancy Act so as to adjudicate them as vagrant unless one is
found to be a vagrant and other conditions for the purpose are complied with.

Bangladesh
Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) and others vs Government of
Bangladesh and others 53 DLR 1.

 

Section 4(1)—

The
rehabilitation scheme must not be incompatible with prostitutes’ dignity and
worth of human person but designed to uplift personal morals and family life
and provision for jobs giving them option to be rehabilitated or to be with
their relations and providing facilities for better education, family
connection and economic opportunities in order to minimise the conditions that
gave rise to prostitution.

Bangladesh
Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) vs Government of Bangladesh
53 DLR 1.

 

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