STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. HAT SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Rajasthan Sati (Prevention) Ordinance, 1987 was promulgated by the Governor of Rajasthan on 1-10-1987. The following Sections of the Ordinance are relevant for our purpose and hence are extracted and reproduced hereunder :

(2.) The Ordinance was replaced by the Rajasthan Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 which received the assent of the President on 26th November, 1987. Sub-section (3) of S. 1 provides that it shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st October, 1987. The relevant provisions of the Act with which we are concerned remain the same as they were in the Ordinance excepting that the word 'Act' has been replaced for the word 'Ordinance' wherever it occurs.

(3.) In exercise of the powers conferred by S. 6(2) of the Ordinance. The Collector and District Magistrate, Jaipur issued the following order on 6th October, 1987 :