 bill no  253  of  2016 the cervical cancer (awareness and compulsory vaccination) bill, 2016 by shri maheish girri, mp a billto create awareness amongst masses to prevent cervical cancer amongst girls, provide for compulsory vaccination against cervical cancer and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the cervical cancer (awareness and compulsoryvaccination) act, 2016short title, extent and commencement5(2) it extends to the union territories only(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—10(a) "cervical cancer" means a disease caused by sexually acquired infection withhuman papillomavirus (hpv) in women;(b) "local authority" includes a municipal committee, corporation or council, by whatever name called, district board, cantonment board or any authority for the time being entrusted by law with the control and administration of any matter within a specified local area;5(c) ''prescribed'' means prescribed rules under this act; and (d) ''vaccination'' for the purpose of this act means the injection of human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccine and includes preventive healthcare for the administration of such vaccines to cure cervical cancer103 the central government shall provide free vaccination to every girl child between the age of nine and fourteen years in such manner as may be prescribedcentral government to provide freevaccination4 the central government shall take such steps, as may be necessary, for creating awareness through means of mass media and by organising seminars, amongst masses regarding the preventive healthcare treatment for cervical cancercentral government to create awareness155 every local authority shall be responsible for implementation of the provisions of this actlocal authority to implement the provisions of this act 6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds to such state governments which offers to implement similar schemes in their respective statescentral government to provide adequate funds power to make rules207 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act25(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modifications in the rule or both the houses agree that the rules should not be made, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the rule statement of objects and reasonscervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer occurring in women it is the only cancer that is curable it is also the number one reason for causing deaths of women in india this form of cancer is curable by preventive treatment, vaccination and also afterwards in the form of medication the appalling facts are that ninety-nine per cent of the women don't even know the advent of the cervix which leads to their death over one hundred countries have gained immunisation against cervical cancer in the form of preventive carethe high mortality rate from cervical cancer can be tackled by administering vaccinations and effective prevention healthcare treatmenthence this billnew delhi;maheish girrijuly 6, 2016 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that central government shall provide free vaccination to every girl child between the age of nine to fourteen years clause 4 provides that central government shall create awareness amongst masses regarding preventive healthcare treatment of cervical cancer clause 6 provides that central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for implementing similar schemes in the states the bill, therefore, if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one hundred crore per annum will be involved as recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india  a non-recurring expenditure of rupees five hundred crore will also be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto create awareness amongst masses to prevent cervical cancer amongst girls, provide for compulsory vaccination against cervical cancer and for matters connected therewith————(shri maheish girri, mp)gmgipmrnd—2628ls(s3)—08-11-2016