Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 The Schedule [See Section 2(c)] Armed Forces And Security Forces Constituted Under (a) The Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950); (b) The Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950); (c) The Assam Rifles Act, 2006 (47 of…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 46 : Power to remove difficulties : 1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 45 : Power to make rules : 1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 2) In particular, and without prejudice to the…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 44 : Monitoring of implementation of Act : 1) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted under section 3, or as the case may be, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights constituted…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 43 : Public awareness about Act : The Central Government and every State Government, shall take all measures to ensure that- (a) the provisions of this Act are given wide publicity through media including the television,…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 42A : 1.[Act not in derogation of any other law : The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provision of any other law for the time being…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 42 : 1.[Alternate punishment : Where an act or omission constitutes an offence punishable under this Act and also under section 166A,354A,354B,354C, 354D,370,370A,375,376,2.( section 376A, section 376AB, sectioin 376B, section 376C, section 376D, section 376DA, section…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 41 : Provisions of section 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases : The provisions of sections 3 to 13 (both inclusive) shall not apply in case of medical examination or medical treatment of…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 40 : Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner : Subject to the proviso to section 301 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) the family or the guardian of the…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter IX : Miscellaneous : Section 39 : Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc : Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the State Government shall prepare guidelines for use…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 38 : Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child : 1) Wherever necessary, the Court may take the assistance of a translator or interpreter having such qualifications, experience and on payment of…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 37 : Trials to be conducted in camera : The Special Court shall try cases in camera and in the presence of the parents of the child or any other person in whom the child has…
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…