Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 36 : Child not to see accused at the time of testifying : 1) The Special Court shall ensure that the child is not exposed in any way to the accused at the time of recording…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 35 : Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case : 1) The evidence of the child shall be recorded within a period of thirty days of the Special Court taking cognizance of…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 34 : Procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by Special Court : 1) Where any offence under this Act is committed by a child, such child shall be dealt…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter VIII : Procedure and powers of Special Courts and recording of evidence. Section 33 : Procedure and powers of Special Court : 1) A Special Court may take cognizance of any offence, without the accused being…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 32 : Special Public Prosecutors : 1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for every Special Court for conducting cases only under the provisions of this Act.…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 31 : Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court : Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974) (including the…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 30 : Presumption of culpable mental state : 1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the Special Court shall presume the…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 29 : Presumption as to certain offences : Where a person is prosecuted for committing or abetting or attempting to commit any offence under sections 3, 5, 7 and section 9 of this Act, the Special…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter VII : Special courts. Section 28 : Designation of Special Courts : 1) For the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the State Government shall in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, by…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 27 : Medical examination of a child : 1) The medical examination of a child in respect of whom any offence has been committed under this Act, shall, notwithstanding that a First Information Report or complaint…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 26 : Additional provisions regarding statement to be recorded : 1) The Magistrate or the police officer, as the case may be, shall record the statement as spoken by the child in the presence of the…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 25 : Recording of statement of a child by Magistrate : 1) If the statement of the child is being recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974) (herein referred to…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter VI : Procedures for recording statement of the child : Section 24 : Recording of statement of a child : 1) The statement of the child shall be recorded at the residence of the child or…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 23 : Procedure for media : 1) No person shall make any report or present comments on any child from any form of media or studio or photographic facilities without having complete and authentic information, which…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 22 : Punishment for false complaint or false information : 1) Any person, who makes false complaint or provides false information against any person, in respect of an offence committed under sections 3, 5, 7 and…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 21 : Punishment for failure to report or record a case : 1) Any person, who fails to report the commission of an offence under sub-section (1) of section 19 or section 20 or who fails…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 20 : Obligation of media, studio and photographic facilities to report cases : Any personnel of the media or hotel or lodge or hospital or club or studio or photographic facilities, by whatever name called, irrespective…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter V : Procedure for reporting of cases Section 19 : Reporting of offences : 1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of1974), any person (including the child), who has apprehension that…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 18 : Punishment for attempt to commit an offence : Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt, does any act…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 17 : Punishment for abetment: Whoever abets any offence under this Act, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with punishment provided for that offence. Explanation. An act or…