The Tamil Nadu government introduced a Bill in the Assembly to amend the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982.
The bill also says that the IPC, 1860, and the CrPC, 1973, were repealed and re-enacted as the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, respectively.
Hence, certain consequential amendments are required to be made in the said Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.
Bio-medical waste offenders, according to the amendment Bill of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Detention Act 1982, would be booked under the Goondas Act.