The Bombay Children (Extension to Kutch Area and Amendment) Act, 1965

1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Children (Extension to Kutch area and Amendment) Act, 1965.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In section 1 of the Bombay Children Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in sub-section (2), after the words "Bombay area of the State of Gujarat" the words "and it shall also extend to the Kutch area of the State of Gujarat on the date on which the Bombay Children (Extension to Kutch area and Amendment) Act, 1965 come into force" shall be inserted.

In section 3 of the principal Act, after the words "Bombay area" the words "and Kutch area" shall be inserted.

In section 4 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),-

1. (1) for clauses
   • (b) and (c), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(b) "begging" means begging as defined in the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959;
   • (c) "brothel" means a brothel as defined in the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956;";
2. (2) for clause (o), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
   • (o) "prostitution" means prostitution as defined in the Suppression of

Amendment of section 109 of Bom. LXXI of 1948 "Amendment of section 109 of Bom. LXXI of 1948"

"(5) All rules made under this Act by the State Government shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modification as the Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid, or the session immediately following.

1. (6) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.".