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    The document summarizes the key points of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997, which aims to prohibit ragging in educational institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The act defines ragging as any act that causes or is likely to cause insult, annoyance, fear, threat, intimidation, outrage of modesty or injury to a student. It outlines punishments for those who commit ragging, which include fines and imprisonment depending on the severity of the act. Educational institutions are required to investigate complaints of ragging and suspend accused students. The head of an institution can be punished for failing to address ragging incidents.

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    The document summarizes the key points of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997, which aims to prohibit ragging in educational institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The act defines ragging as any act that causes or is likely to cause insult, annoyance, fear, threat, intimidation, outrage of modesty or injury to a student. It outlines punishments for those who commit ragging, which include fines and imprisonment depending on the severity of the act. Educational institutions are required to investigate complaints of ragging and suspend accused students. The head of an institution can be punished for failing to address ragging incidents.

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    The document summarizes the key points of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997, which aims to prohibit ragging in educational institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The act defines ragging as any act that causes or is likely to cause insult, annoyance, fear, threat, intimidation, outrage of modesty or injury to a student. It outlines punishments for those who commit ragging, which include fines and imprisonment depending on the severity of the act. Educational institutions are required to investigate complaints of ragging and suspend accused students. The head of an institution can be punished for failing to address ragging incidents.

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    The document summarizes the key points of the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997, which aims to prohibit ragging in educational institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The act defines ragging as any act that causes or is likely to cause insult, annoyance, fear, threat, intimidation, outrage of modesty or injury to a student. It outlines punishments for those who commit ragging, which include fines and imprisonment depending on the severity of the act. Educational institutions are required to investigate complaints of ragging and suspend accused students. The head of an institution can be punished for failing to address ragging incidents.

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    Full text: Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997

    Here is Andhra Pradesh's legislation against ragging. We are reproducing it here


    in the interest of all freshers in Andhra Pradesh.

    THE ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE

    PART – IV-B EXTRAORDINARY

    PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

    [No. 36] HYDERABAD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1997.

    ANDHRA PRADESH ACTS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS Etc.,

    The following Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly received the assent
    of the Governor on the 19th August, 1997 and the said assent is hereby first
    published on the 21st August, 1997 in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for general
    information.

    ACT No. 26 OF 1997

    AN ACT TO PROHIBIT RAGGING IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE


    STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

    Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the


    Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:--

    1.

    (1) This Act may be called the, Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997.

    (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

    (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 4th July, 1997.

    2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires –

    (a) ‘act’ includes words either spoken or written or signs or sounds or gestures or
    visible representations;
    (b) ‘Educational Institution’ means and includes a college, or other institution by
    whatever name called, carrying on the activity or imparting education therein
    (either exclusively or among other activities); and includes an orphanage or
    boarding home or hostel or a tutorial institution or any other premises attached
    thereto;

    (c) ‘government’ means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh;

    (d) ‘notification’ means the notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette
    and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly;

    (e) ‘ragging’ means doing an act which causes or is likely to cause insult or
    annoyance of fear or apprehension or threat or intimidation or outrage of
    modesty or injury to a student;

    (f) ‘student’ means a person who is admitted to an educational institution and


    whose name is lawfully borne on the attendance register thereof;

    (g) All words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the
    meanings assigned to them under the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 or the
    Indian Penal Code, 1860 respectively.

    3. Ragging within or outside any educational institution is prohibited.

    4. Whoever, with the intention of causing ragging or with the knowledge that he
    is likely by such act to cause ragging, commits or abets ragging and thereby –

    (i) teases or embarrasses or humiliates a student shall be punished with


    imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may
    extend to one thousand rupees or with both; or

    (ii) assaults or uses criminal force to or criminally intimidates, a student shall be


    punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with
    fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both; or

    (iii) wrongfully restrains or wrongfully confines or causes hurt to a student shall


    be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with
    fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both; or

    (iv) causes grievous hurt to or kidnaps or abducts or rapes or commits unnatural


    offence with a student shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which
    may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees;
    or

    (v) causes death or abets suicide shall be punished with imprisonment for life or
    with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and with a fine
    which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
    5.

    (1) A student convicted of an offence under Section 4 and punished with


    imprisonment for a term shall be dismissed from the educational institution.

    (2) A student convicted of an offence under Section 4 and punished with


    imprisonment for a term of more than six months shall not be admitted in any
    other educational institution.

    6.

    (1) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, whenever any student


    complains of ragging to the Head or Manager of an educational institution, such
    Head or Manager shall inquire into or cause an inquiry to be made into the same
    forthwith and if the complaint is primafacie found true, shall suspend the student
    or students complained against for such period as may be deemed necessary.

    (2) The decision of the Head or Manager of the educational institution under sub-
    section (1) shall be final.

    7.

    (1) If the Head or the Manager of an educational institution fails or neglects to


    take action in the manner specified in sub-section (1) of Section 6, such person
    shall be deemed to have abetted the offence and shall be punished with the
    punishment provided for the offence.

    (2) If a student commits suicide due to or in consequence of ragging, the person


    who commits such ragging shall be deemed to have abetted such suicide.

    8. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not derogatory of any law
    for the time being in force.

    9.

    (1) The Government may by notification, make rules for carrying out all or any of
    the purposes of this Act.

    (2) Every rule made under this Act shall immediately after it is made, be laid
    before the Legislative Assembly of the State, if it is in session and if it is not in
    session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days
    which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if,
    before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session
    immediately following the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any
    modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the
    date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such
    modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be so, however, that any
    such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of
    anything previously done under that rule.

    10. The Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Ordinance, 1997 is hereby


    repealed.

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