Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
The following instructions regarding Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, are issued for the information and guidance of the Judicial Magistrates in the cities where the Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, is made applicable and of the Metropolitan Magistrates in the City of Ahmedabad. AIMS AND PURPOSES The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, as adapted and modified by the Gujarat Adaptation of Laws Order, 1960, aims at prevention of begging in the State of Gujarat. It makes better provisions for the detention, training and employment of beggars and their dependants in certain institutions, and for custody, trial and punishment for beggar offenders.