Act Info:Preamble1 - DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1961
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definition of 'dowry'
Section3 - Penalty for giving or taking dowry
Section4 - Penalty for demanding dowry
Section4A - Ban on advertisement
Section5 - Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void
Section6 - Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs
Section7 - Cognizance of offences
Section8 - Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be >[non-bailable] and non-compoundable
Section8A - Burden of proof in certain cases
Section8B - Dowry Prohibition Officers
Section9 - Power to make rules
Section10 - Power of State Government to make rules