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Maharashtra prohibition of ragging act 1999 which is in effect from 15th may, 1999 has the following provisions for action against ragging:

1. Ragging within or outside of any educational institution is prohibited
2. Whomsoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets, or propagates ragging within or outside any educational institution shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term upto 2 years and/ or penalty, which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
3. Any student convicted of an offence of ragging shall be dismissed from the educational institution and such  student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution for a period of five years from the date of order   of such dismissal.
4. Whenever any student or, as the case may be, the parent or guardian or a teacher of an educational institution complaints, in writing, of ragging to the head of the educational institution, the head of the educational   institution shall, without prejudice to the foregoing   provisions, within seven days of the receipt of the complaint, enquire into the matter mentioned in complaint and if, prima facie, it is found true, suspend the student   who is accused of the offence, and shall, immediately   forward the complaint to the police station having   jurisdiction over the area in which the educational institution is situated, for further action. Where, on   enquiry by the head of the education institution, it is found that there is no substance, prima facie, in the complaint received, he/she shall intimate the fact, in writing, to the   complainant. The decision of the head of the educational institution shall be final.
5. If the Head of the educational institution fails or neglects   to act in the manner specified in section “d” above when a complaint of ragging is made, such person shall be deemed to have abetted the offence and shall, on conviction, be   punished as provided for in section "b" above.