
KWC prepares draft for Act amendment
The Hindu
The draft proposals on amending the Kerala Women’s Commission (KWC) Act will be submitted to the Government without delay, Kerala Women’s Commission chairperson P. Satheedevi has said.She was speaking
The draft proposals on amending the Kerala Women’s Commission (KWC) Act will be submitted to the Government without delay, Kerala Women’s Commission chairperson P. Satheedevi has said.
She was speaking after the second round of discussions on preparing the draft of the Act recently.
Ms. Satheedevi said amending various sections of the Act to include penal powers, their limitations, and nature of complaints to be considered for effective execution of the commission’s decisions was under consideration.

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