Bare Act
Chapter I PRELIMINARY
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Chapter I PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement
Statutory text
- (1) This Act may be called the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
- (2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Chapter I PRELIMINARY
2. Definitions
Statutory text
- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —
- (a) “aggravated penetrative sexual assault” has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 5;
- (b) "aggravated sexual assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 9;
- (c) “armed forces or security forces” means armed forces of the Union or security forces or police forces, as specified in the Schedule;
- (d) “child” means any person below the age of eighteen years;
- (e) “domestic relationship” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (f) of section 2 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
- (f) “penetrative sexual assault” has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3;
- (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
- (h) “religious institution” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1988;
- (i) "sexual assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 7;
- (j) “sexual harassment” has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 11;
- (k) "shared household" means a household where the person charged with the offence lives or has lived at any time in a domestic relationship with the child;
- (l) "Special Court" means a court designated as such under Section 28;
- (m) “Special Public Prosecutor” means a Public Prosecutor appointed under section 32.