Preamble - THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT, 2012
Chapter I - PRELIMINARY
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II - SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN
Section 3 to 4 - A.
Section 3 - Penetrative sexual assault
Section 4 - Punishment for penetrative sexual assault
Section 5 to 6 - B.
Section 5 - Aggravated penetrative sexual assault
Section 6 - Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault
Section 7 to 8 - C.
Section 7 - Sexual assault
Section 8 - Punishment for sexual assault
Section 9 to 10 - D.
Section 9 - Aggravated sexual assault
Section 10 - Punishment for aggravated sexual assault
Section 11 to 12 - E.
Section 11 - Sexual harassment
Section 12 - Punishment for sexual harassment
Chapter III - USING CHILD FOR PORNOGRAPHIC PURPOSES AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR
Section 13 - Use of child for pornographic purposes
Section 14 - Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes
Section 15 - Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child
Chapter IV - ABETMENT OF AND ATTEMPT TO COMMIT AN OFFENCE
Section 16 - Abetment of an offence
Section 17 - Punishment for abetment
Section 18 - Punishment for attempt to commit an offence
Chapter V - PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING OF CASES
Section 19 - Reporting of offences
Section 20 - Obligation of media, studio and photographic facilities to report cases
Section 21 - Punishment for failure to report or record a case
Section 22 - Punishment for false complaint or false information
Section 23 - Procedure for media
Chapter VI - PROCEDURES FOR RECORDING STATEMENT OF THE CHILD
Section 24 - Recording of statement of a child
Section 25 - Recording of statement of a child by Magistrate
Section 26 - Additional provisions regarding statement to be recorded
Section 27 - Medical examination of a child
Chapter VII - SPECIAL COURTS
Section 28 - Designation of Special Courts
Section 29 - Presumption as to certain offences
Section 30 - Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 31 - Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
Section 32 - Special Public Prosecutors
Chapter VIII - PROCEDURE AND POWERS OF SPECIAL COURTS AND RECORDING OF EVIDENCE
Section 33 - Procedure and powers of Special Court
Section 34 - Procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by Special Court
Section 35 - Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case
Section 36 - Child not to see accused at the time of testifying
Section 37 - Trials to be conducted in camera
Section 38 - Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child
Chapter IX - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 39 - Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc
Section 40 - Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner
Section 41 - Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases
Section 42 - Alternative punishment
Section 42A - Act not in derogation of any other law
Section 43 - Public awareness about Act
Section 44 - Monitoring of implementation of Act
Section 45 - Power to make rules
Section 46 - Power to remove difficulties
Schedule - Schedule