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(1 ) Ally pcrscn ilavlng :ittailled the age of pcaalty. sixteen y1:ut.s who after the cotnnlcncement of this Act perform\, permits. ~alies p:r~.L in, or alxts tlic per- f < ) ~ mance of' an)* ceremony or act for dcdic;lting a woman ns a ticvadasi or any ccremony or act or the nature refcrrcd to in section 3, sub-sect'ion (2), shall 1 So far 'IS IIIC added kl.i.itot ies arc concert~ed the words "or in any marriage procesqion or other Proceszion takon out public street," ;111d the 1:xplni1atiOIl werc Onlittc~ by section 4 of, and the Second Schedulc to, the Tamil Nadul (Added Tcrri- torim) Extension of Laws Act, 1962 (Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1962). 125-14-64~ C 11947 : T.N. Act XXXI '' ' . be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. Cognizance md trial of offences. Explanation.-The person referred to in this sec- tion shall include the woman in respect of whom such ceremony or act is performed. (2) Any person having attzined the age of six- teen years who dances in contravention of the pro- visions of section 3, sub-section (3), or who abets dancing in contravention of the said provisions, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.