The IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956
delhi · 1950
- S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
- S. 2Definitions
- S. 3Punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel
- S. 4Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution
- S. 5Procuring, inducing or taking person for the sake of prostitution
- S. 5ASection 5A criminalizes trafficking in persons for prostitution through force, coercion, or abuse of power.
- S. 5BSection penalizes trafficking in persons with rigorous imprisonment for at least seven years on first conviction and life imprisonment on subsequent convictions.
- S. 5CSection penalizes first-time visitors to brothels for exploiting trafficking victims with up to three months' imprisonment and a fine, and harsher penalties for repeat offenses.
- S. 6Detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on
- S. 7Prostitution in or in the vicinity of public place
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Chapter 1[Section 10A
Chapter 1[Section 12
- S. 13Special police officer and advisory body
- S. 13AThe section empowers the Central Government to establish an Authority to prevent and combat human trafficking.
- S. 13BThe section empowers the State Government to establish an Authority to prevent and combat human trafficking.
- S. 14Offences to be cognizable
- S. 15Search without warrant
- S. 16Section 16 authorizes a magistrate to direct police to rescue and produce a person engaged in prostitution to the magistrate.
- S. 17Intermediate custody, of persons removed under Section 15 or rescued under Section 16