Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
Bare Act · 1961
An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry.
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- Act number
- 28 of 1961
- Enacted
- 20 May 1961
- Contents
- 13 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definition of “dowry”
- Section 3 – Penalty for giving or taking dowry
- Section 4 – Penalty for demanding dowry
- Section 4A – Ban on advertisement
- Section 5 – Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void (preview)
- Section 6 – Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs (preview)
- Section 7 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 8 – Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be bailable and non-compoundable (preview)
- Section 8A – Burden of proof in certain cases (preview)
- Section 8B – Dowry Prohibition Officers (preview)
- Section 9 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 10 – Power of the State Government to make rules THE DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1961 (preview)