**Summary:**
The Special Protection Group (SPG) Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 43 of 2019) received the President's assent on December 9, 2019, and amends the Special Protection Group Act, 1988. The amendment modifies Section 4 of the original act, pertaining to the provision of proximate security by the SPG.
Specifically, the amendment stipulates that the SPG will provide proximate security to: (a) the Prime Minister and their immediate family residing with them at their official residence; and (b) any former Prime Minister and immediate family members residing with them at their allotted residence, for a period of five years from the date the individual ceases to hold the office of Prime Minister.
Furthermore, the amendment states that if proximate security is withdrawn from a former Prime Minister, it shall also be withdrawn from their immediate family members.
The Act will come into force on a date to be appointed by the Central Government via notification in the Official Gazette.
Key Entities Referenced
New Delhi: The city where the Ministry of Law and Justice is located and where the Act was published.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry responsible for publishing the Act.
The Special Protection Group Amendment Act, 2019: The title of the Act being published.
Parliament: The legislative body that enacted the Special Protection Group Amendment Act, 2019.
Special Protection Group Act, 1988: The original act that the current amendment modifies.
Prime Minister: The head of government, who is provided proximate security by the Special Protection Group.
Special Protection Group: An armed force of the Union providing proximate security.
Dr. G. Narayana Raju: Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 9th December, 2019/Agrahayana 18, 1941 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
9th December, 2019, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
NO. 43 OF 2019
[9th December, 2019.]
An Act further to amend the Special Protection Group Act, 1988.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Short title and
Act, 2019. commencement.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 1]
Amendment 2. In section 4 of the Special Protection Group Act, 1988,— 34 of 1988.
of section 4.
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,
namely:—
"(1) There shall be an armed force of the Union called the Special
Protection Group for providing proximate security to,—
(a) the Prime Minister and members of his immediate family
residing with him at his official residence; and
(b) any former Prime Minister and such members of his immediate
family as are residing with him at the residence alloted to him, for a
period of five years from the date he ceases to hold the office of
Prime Minister.";
(ii) in sub-section (1A), for clause (b), the following clause shall be
substituted, namely:—
"(b) where the proximate security is withdrawn from a former
Prime Minister, such proximate security shall also stand withdrawn from
members of immediate family of such former Prime Minister.".
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
MGIPMRND—4220GI(S3)—09-12-2019.