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[(g) "Member" means a Member of the Commission or of the State
Commission, as the case may be;]
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[(ga) "National Commission for Backward Classes" means the National
Commission for Backward Classes constituted under section 3 of the
National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 (27 of 1993);]
(h) "National Commission for Minorities" means the National Commission
for Minorities constituted under Section 3 of the National Commission
for Minorities Act, 1992 (19 of 1992);
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[(ha) "National Commission for Protection of Child Rights" means the
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under
section 3 of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
(4 of 2006);]
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[(i) "National Commission for the Scheduled Castes" means the National
Commission for the Scheduled Castes referred to in article 338 of
the Constitution;
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(ia) "National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes" means the National
Commission for the Scheduled Tribes referred to in article 338A of
the Constitution;]
(j) "National Commission for Women" means the National Commission
for Women constituted under Section 3 of the National Commission
for Women Act, 1990 (20 of 1990);
(k) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(m) "public servant" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 21of
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);
(n) "State Commission" means a State Human Rights Commission
constituted under Section 21.
(2) Any reference in this Act to a law, which is not in force in the State of
Jammu and Kashmir, shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference
to a corresponding law, if any, in force in that State.
CHAPTER-II
The National Human Rights Commission
3. Constitution of National Human Rights Commission.- (1) The Central
Government shall constitute a body to be known as the National Human Rights
Commission to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions
assigned to it, under this Act.
(2) The Commission shall consist of—
(a) a Chairperson who has been a 3[Chief Justice of India or a Judge]
of the Supreme Court;
(b) one Member who is, or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court;
(c) one Member who is, or has been the Chief Justice of a High Court;
(d) 4[three Members, out of which at least one shall be a woman,] to be
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Substituted
Inserted by
Substituted
Substituted
by Act No.
Act No. 19
by Act No.
by Act No.
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of
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of 2006, w.e.f. 23-11-2006.
2019.
of 2019, for the words "Chief Justice"
of 2019, for the words "two Members"
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