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Information Technology Act, 2000 Chapter XI

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Act, 2008. Section 71 - Penalty for misrepresentation Whoever makes any misrepresentation to, or suppresses any material fact from the Controller or the Certifying Authority for obtaining any licence or 1[Electronic]Digital Signature Certificate, as the case may be, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Substituted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. Previous text was digital Section 72 - Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person shall be.....

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67

Title: Publishing of Information Which is Obscene in Electronic Form

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....lakh rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees. _____________________ 1. Substituted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 Prior to substitution text read as under :- Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees.

Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1876

.....suspected to have been used, or to be intended to be used, for the purpose of such performance. SECTION 09: SAVING OF PROSECUTIONS UNDER PENAL CODE, SECTIONS 124A AND 294 - No conviction under this Act shall bar a prosecution undersection 124A-orsection 294 of the Indian Penal Code- SECTION 10: POWER TO PROHIBIT DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN ANY LOCAL AREA, EXCEPT UNDER LICENCE - Whenever it appears to the7[State Government] that the provisions of this section are required in any local area, it may8[* * *] declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, that such provisions are applied to such area from a day to be fixed in the notification. On and after that day, the7[State Government] may order that no dramatic performance shall take place in any place of public entertainment within such area, except under a licence to be granted by such7[State Government], or such officer as it may specially empower in this behalf. The7[State Government] may also order that no dramatic performance shall take place in any place of public entertainment within such area, unless a copy of the piece, if and so far as it is written, or some sufficient account of its purport, if and so far as it.....

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....Court of Justice (including a liquidator, receiver or Commissioner) whose duty is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process, or to a administrator any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; Fifth--Every juryman, assessor, or member of a Panchayat assisting a Court of Justice or public servant; Sixth--Every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority; Seventh--Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; Eighth--Every officer of the Government, whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to being offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; Ninth--Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of.....

Dramatic Performances Act, 1876 Section 3

Title: Power to Prohibit Certain Dramatic Performances

State: Central

Year: 1876

Whenever the State Government is of opinion that any play, pantomime or other drama performed or about to be performed in a public place is-- (a) of a scandalous or defamatory nature, or (b) likely to excite feelings of disaffection to the Government established by law in {Subs. by the A.O.1948 for "British India or British Burma"}[India] or (c) likely to deprave and corrupt persons present at the performance, the State Government, or outside the Presidency-towns {The words "and Rangoon" were rep. by the A.O.1937} the State Government or such Magistrate as it may empower in this behalf, may by order prohibit the performance. Explanation.--Any building or enclosure to which the public are admitted to witness a performance on payment of money shall be deemed a "public place" within the meaning of this section.

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 4

Title: Nullity of Marriage and Divorce

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Act, the 1978 (2 of 1978)], the consent of such guardian was obtained by force3[or by fraud as to the nature of the ceremony or as to any material fact or circumstance concerning the respondent]; or (d) that the respondent was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no petition for annulling a marriage- (a) on the ground specified in clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained if- (i) the petition is presented more than one year after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or (ii) the petitioner has, with his or her full consent, lived with the other party to the marriage as husband or wife after the force had ceased to operate or, as the case may be, the fraud had been discovered; (b) on the ground specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall be entertained unless the court is satisfied- (i) that the petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged; (ii) that proceedings have been instituted in the case of a marriage solemnised before the commencement of this Act within one year of.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 14

Title: No Petition for Divorce to Be Presented Within One Year of Marriage

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....petition without prejudice to any petition which may be brought after 4 [expiration of the said one year] upon the same or substantially the same facts as those alleged in support of the petition so dismissed. (2) In disposing of any application under this section for leave to present a petition for divorce before the 5 [expiration of one year] from the date of the marriage, the court shall have regard to the interests of any children of the marriage and to the question whether there is a reasonable probability of a reconciliation between the parties before the expiration of the 6 [said one year]. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 2. Substituted by Act 68 of 1971, section 9, "before three years have elapsed" (w.e.f.27-5-1976). 3. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 9, for "expiry of three years" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 4. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 9, for "expiration of the said three year" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 5. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 9, for "expiration of three years" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 6. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 9, for "said three years".....

Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....or fit Institution under this Act, means the supervision of that juvenile by a probation officer for the purpose of ensuring that the juvenile is properly looked after and that the conditions imposed by the competent authority are complied with ; (t) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Code. Section 3 - Continuation of inquiry in respect of juvenile who has ceased to be a juvenile Where an inquiry has been initiated against a juvenile and during the course of such inquiry the juvenile ceases to be such, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, inquiry may be continued and orders may be made in respect of such person as if such person had continued to be a juvenile.

Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 [Repealed] Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....station or jail), the person in charge of which is willing temporarily to receive and take care of a juvenile and which, in the opinion of the competent authority may be a place of safety for the juvenile ; (p) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (q) "probation officer" means an officer appointed as a probation officer under this Act or under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958); (r) "special home" means an institution established or certified by the State Government under Sec. 10 ; (s) "supervision", in relation to a juvenile placed under the care of any parent, guardian or other fit person or fit Institution under this Act, means the supervision of that juvenile by a probation officer for the purpose of ensuring that the juvenile is properly looked after and that the conditions imposed by the competent authority are complied with ; (t) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Code.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 14

Title: Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....2, for the original section. 2. Inserted by Act 36 of 1969, section 2 (w..e.f. 7-9-1969). 3. Section 292 renumbered as sub-section (2) of that section by Act 36 of 1969, section 2 (w.e.f. 7-9-1969). 4. Substituted by Act 36 of 1969, section 2, by certain words (w.e.f. 7-9-1969). 5. Substituted by Act 36 of 1969, section 2, for Exception (w.e.f. 7-9-1969). 6. [Vide Orissa Act No. 13 of 1962], sec. 2 (w.e.f. 16-5-1962)]. 7. [Vide T.N. Act No. 25 of 1960, sec. 2 (w.e.f. 9-11-1960)]. 8. [Vide Orissa Act No. 13 of 1962, sec. 3 (w.e.f. 16-5-0962). 9. [Vide T.N. Act No. 25 of 1960, sec. 2 (w.e.f. 9-11-1960)]. 10. Substituted by Tamil Nadu Act No. 30 of 1984. 11. Inserted by Tamil Nadu Act No. 30 of 1984. Section 293 - Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person 1 [293. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of twenty years any such obscene object as is referred to in the last preceding section, or offers or attempts so to do, shall be punished 2 [on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and with.....