Sections in the index
- Section 1Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Protection of Children
- Section 2Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for section 6 (w.e.f. 16-08-2019).
- Section 3Penetrative sexual assault.—A person is said to commit “penetrative sexual assault” if—
- Section 4Punishment for penetrative sexual assault.—3[(1)] Whoever commits penetrative sexual assault
- Section 5Aggravated penetrative sexual assault.—(a) Whoever, being a police officer, commits
- Section 6Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault.
- Section 7Sexual assault.—Whoever, with sexual intent touches the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the child
- Section 082019).
- Section 8Punishment for sexual assault.—Whoever, commits sexual assault, shall be punished with
- Section 9Aggravated sexual assault.—(a) Whoever, being a police officer, commits sexual assault on a
- Section 10Punishment for aggravated sexual assault.
- Section 11Sexual harassment.—A person is said to commit sexual harassment upon a child when such
- Section 12Punishment for sexual harassment.—Whoever, commits sexual harassment upon a child shall
- Section 13Use of child for pornographic purposes.—Whoever, uses a child in any form of media
- Section 15Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child.
- Section 16Abetment of an offence.—A person abets an offence, who—
- Section 17Punishment for abetment.—Whoever abets any offence under this Act, if the act abetted is
- Section 18Punishment for attempt to commit an offence.—Whoever attempts to commit any offence
- Section 19Reporting of offences.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal
- Section 20Obligation of media, studio and photographic facilities to report cases.—Any personnel of the
- Section 21Punishment for failure to report or record a case.—(1) Any person, who fails to report the
- Section 22Punishment for false complaint or false information.—(1) Any person, who makes false
- Section 23Procedure for media.
- Section 24Recording of statement of a child.—(1) The statement of the child shall be recorded at the
- Section 25Recording of statement of a child by Magistrate.—(1) If the statement of the child is being
- Section 26Additional provisions regarding statement to be recorded.—(1) The Magistrate or the police
- Section 27Medical examination of a child.—(1) The medical examination of a child in respect of whom
- Section 28Designation of Special Courts.—(1) For the purposes of providing a speedy trial, the State
- Section 29Presumption as to certain offences.—Where a person is prosecuted for committing or abetting
- Section 30Presumption of culpable mental state.—(1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act
- Section 31Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court.—
- Section 32Special Public Prosecutors.—(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official
- Section 33Procedure and powers of Special Court.—(1) A Special Court may take cognizance of any
- Section 34Procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by Special
- Section 35Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case.—(1) The evidence of the child
- Section 36Child not to see accused at the time of testifying.—(1) The Special Court shall ensure that the
- Section 37Trials to be conducted in camera.—The Special Court shall try cases in camera and in the
- Section 38Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child.
- Section 39Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc.—Subject to such rules as may be made
- Section 40Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner.—Subject to the proviso to section 301 of
- Section 41Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases.—The provisions of sections 3 to 13
- Section 43Public awareness about Act.—The Central Government and every State Government, shall take
- Section 44Monitoring of implementation of Act.—(1) The National Commission for Protection of Child
- Section 45Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
- Section 46Power to remove difficulties.
- Section 42AAct not in derogation of any other law.—The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and
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