 bill no 119 of 2010 the treatment of attempt to suicide as a non-punishable offence bill, 2010 byshri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mpa billto provide for not treating the attempt to commit suicide as a criminal offence and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the treatment of attempt to suicide as a non-punishableoffence act, 2010short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of indiacounselling centres3 the central government shall set up adequate number of counselling centreshaving such facilities and such number of qualified counsellors as may be prescribed, to provide counselling to the persons who attempt to commit suicide or have such tendenciespower to make rules4 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carring out the purposes of this act5 10(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 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 modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule 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 that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsa person take the extreme step of committing suicide because of deep frustration when one develops the feeling of total isolation and helplessness and the society as a whole is unsympathetic to his or her needs and problems it is a cumulative effect of psychological breakdownextreme poverty, unemployment, family discord, destitution, loss of dear relations and frustration from failure in examinations, love affairs, etc are some of the reasons behind persons committing suicide we are also facing incidents of suicide of farmers and peasants because of the unprecedented crisis in the agricultural sector the helplessness created by economic crises which has consequences that affects the social status of individuals as they are not able to fulfil their social or family commitments which lead to frustration and ultimately prompts them to commit suicide it is a manifestation of a diseased condition of mind deserving treatment, care and understanding rather than punishment therefore, attempt to commit suicide should not be treated as a crimeit is said that people who develop suicidal tendencies show signs of frustration and disappointment and they keep themselves aloof from the society and family if these symptoms are noticed then proper counselling could be provided to such person to help them to deal with their problem thereby preventing them from taking the extreme step of suicidehence, the need is to create social awareness, and set up necessary institutions including counselling centres to provide help and counselling to such persons it is rather unfortunate for a modern society like us to treat people trying to commit suicide as criminals even the law commission of india, in its 210th report, have recommended that section 309 of the indian penal code relating to the offence of attempted suicide be omitted as it considered the provision inhumanthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;adhir  ranjan  chowdhuryaugust 31, 2010 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for setting up of necessary institutions including counselling centres by the central government to provide counselling to persons with suicidal tendencies the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of rupees one hundred crore will be incurred per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be incurred memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 4 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the billas the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character annexure extracts from the indian penal code (act no 45 of 1860)      attempt to commit suicide309 attempt to commit suicide—whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine, or with both      ———— a billto provide for not treating the attempt to commit suicide as a criminal offence and for matters connected therewith————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)gmgipmrnd—4542ls1(s3)—28-10-2010