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…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter IV : Abetment of and attempt to commit an offence Section 16 : Abetment of an offence : A person abets an offence, who- First. Instigates any person to do that offence; or Secondly. Engages with…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 15 : 1.[Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child : (1) Any person, who stores or possesses pornographic material in any form involving a child, but fails to delete or destroy or report the same…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 14 : 1.[Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes : (1) Whoever uses a child or children for pornographic purposes shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Chapter III : Using child for pornographic purposes and punishment therefor : Section 13 : Use of child for pornographic purposes : Whoever, uses a child in any form of media (including programme or advertisement telecast by…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 12 : Punishment for sexual harassment : Whoever, commits sexual harassment upon a child shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 E-Sexual harassment and punishment therefor : Section 11 : Sexual harassment : A person is said to commit sexual harassment upon a child when such person with sexual intent,- (i) utters any word or makes any sound,…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 Section 10 : Punishment for aggravated sexual assault : Whoever, commits aggravated sexual assault shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend…
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 D-Aggravated sexual assault and punishment therefor: Section 9 : Aggravated sexual assault : a) Whoever, being a police officer, commits sexual assault on a child- (i) within the limits of the police station or premises where he…