Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Bare Act · 2012
An Act to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography and provide for establishment of Special Courts for trial of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
In the syllabus of: Andhra Pradesh APO · Bihar APO · Delhi APO · Delhi Civil Judge · Delhi Higher Judiciary · Goa APO · Gujarat Civil Judge · HP Civil Judge · Kerala APO · Meghalaya APO · MP APO · MP Civil Judge · MP Higher Judiciary · Rajasthan APO · Rajasthan Civil Judge · Rajasthan Higher Judiciary · Tamil Nadu APO · Tamil Nadu Civil Judge · Telangana APO · Telangana Civil Judge · Telangana Higher Judiciary · UP APO · UP Civil Judge · UP Higher Judiciary · Uttarakhand APO
- Act number
- 32 of 2012
- Enacted
- 19 June 2012
- Contents
- 47 sections · 9 chapters
Free to read: the full English text of every section.
Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions A.—PENETRATIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
Chapter II — Sexual Offences Against Children
- Section 3 – Penetrative sexual assault
- Section 4 – Punishment for penetrative sexual assault B.—AGGRAVATED PENETRATIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
- Section 5 – Aggravated penetrative sexual assault
- Section 6 – Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault C.—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
- Section 7 – Sexual assault
- Section 8 – Punishment for sexual assault D.—AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
- Section 9 – Aggravated sexual assault
- Section 10 – Punishment for aggravated sexual assault E.—SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
- Section 11 – Sexual harassment
- Section 12 – Punishment for sexual harassment
Chapter III — Using Child For Pornographic Purposes And Punishment Therefor
- Section 13 – Use of child for pornographic purposes
- Section 14 – Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes
- Section 15 – Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child
Chapter IV — Abetment Of And Attempt To Commit An Offence
- Section 16 – Abetment of an offence
- Section 17 – Punishment for abetment
- Section 18 – Punishment for attempt to commit an offence
Chapter V — Procedure For Reporting Of Cases
- Section 19 – Reporting of offences
- Section 20 – Obligation of media, studio and photographic facilities to report cases
- Section 21 – Punishment for failure to report or record a case
- Section 22 – Punishment for false complaint or false information
- Section 23 – Procedure for media
Chapter VI — Procedures For Recording Statement Of The Child
- Section 24 – Recording of statement of a child
- Section 25 – Recording of statement of a child by Magistrate
- Section 26 – Additional provisions regarding statement to be recorded
- Section 27 – Medical examination of a child
Chapter VII — Special Courts
- Section 28 – Designation of Special Courts
- Section 29 – Presumption as to certain offences
- Section 30 – Presumption of culpable mental state
- Section 31 – Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
- Section 32 – Special Public Prosecutors
Chapter VIII — Procedure And Powers Of Special Courts And Recording Of Evidence
- Section 33 – Procedure and powers of Special Court
- Section 34 – Procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by Special Court
- Section 35 – Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case
- Section 36 – Child not to see accused at the time of testifying
- Section 37 – Trials to be conducted in camera
- Section 38 – Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child
Chapter IX — Miscellaneous
- Section 39 – Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc
- Section 40 – Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner
- Section 41 – Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases
- Section 42 – Alternative punishment
- Section 42A – Act not in derogation of any other law
- Section 43 – Public awareness about Act
- Section 44 – Monitoring of implementation of Act
- Section 45 – Power to make rules
- Section 46 – Power to remove difficulties THE SCHEDULE. THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT, 2012