| The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 | |
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| Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
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| Citation | indiacode.nic.in |
| Territorial extent | Rajasthan |
| Enacted by | Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Commenced | 1988-01-03 |
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| Bill title | The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 |
| Status: In force | |
Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 is a law enacted byGovernment of Rajasthan in 1987. It became anAct of theParliament of India with the enactment ofThe Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 in 1988. The Act seeks to preventsati, the voluntary or forced burning or burying alive of a Hindu widow, and to prohibit glorification of this action through the observance of any ceremony, participation in any procession, creation of a financial trust, construction of a temple, or any actions to commemorate or honor the memory of a widow who committedsati.[1] The act was created after the sati ofRoop Kanwar in 1987 and applied to all of India except for Jammu and Kashmir.
The act incorporated many colonial suppositions about the practice of sati, with the first paragraph of the preamble of the Act copying the opening lines of Lord William Bentinck’sBengal Sati Regulation, or Regulation XVII of December 4, 1829 verbatim.[2]
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