Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) brothel includes any house, room 5 , conveyance or place or any portion of any house, room 5 , conveyance or place, which is used for purposes 6 of sexual exploitation or abuse for the gain of another person or for the mutual gain of two or more prostitutes; 7 (aa) child means a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years; 5 8 (b) corrective institution means an institution, by whatever name called (being an institution established or licensed as such under section 21), in which 9 persons, who are in need of correction, may be detained under this Act, and includes a shelter where 10 undertrials may be kept in pursuance of this Act; 11 * * * * * 12 (c) magistrate means a magistrate specified in the second column of the Schedule as being competent to exercise the powers conferred by the section in which the expression occours and which is specified in the first column of the Schedule; 7 (ca) major means a person who has completed the age of eighteen years; (cb) minor means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years; (d) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 1 3* * * * * 14 15 (f) prostitution means the sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purpose, and the expression prostitute shall be construed accordingly; (g) protective home means an institution, by whatever name called (being an institution established or licensed as such under section 21), in which 16 persons, who are in need of care and protection, may be kept under this Act 17 and where appropriate technically qualified persons, equipment and other facilities have been provided, but does not include (i) a shelter where 18 undertrials may be kept in pursuance of this Act, or (ii) a corrective institution; (h) public place means any place intended for use by, or accessible to, the public and includes any public conveyance; (i) special police officer means a police officer appointed by or on behalf of the State Government to be in charge of police duties within a specified area for the purpose of this Act; 19 (j) trafficking police officer means a police officer appointed by the Central Government under sub-section (4), of section 13.