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Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....(whether by sitting by a window or on the balcony of a building or house or in any other way), or otherwise tempts or endeavours to tempt, or attracts or endeavours to attract the attention of, any person for the purpose of prostitution; or (b) solicits or molests any person, or loiters or acts in such manner as to cause obstruction or annoyance to persons residing nearby or passing by such public place or to offend against public decency, for the purpose of prostitution, shall be punishable on first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, and also with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees : 44[Provided that where an offence under this section is committed by a man, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a period of not less than seven days but which may extend to three months]. SECTION 09: SEDUCTION OF A PERSON IN CUSTODY -45[***]Any person who46[having the custody, charge or care of, or in a position of authority over, any47[person], cause or aids or.....

The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1956

THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956 THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956 An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the prevention of immoral traffic. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement." (1) This Act may be called The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions."In this Act. unless the context otherwise requires" (a) "brothel" includes any house, room, conveyance or place, or any portion of any house, room, conveyance or place, which is used for purposes of sexual exploitation or abuse for the gain of another person or for the mutual gain of two or more prostitutes; (aa) "child" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years; (b) "corrective institution" means an institution, by whatever name called (being an institution.....

The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1956

THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956 THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956 An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the prevention of immoral traffic. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement." (1) This Act may be called The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions."In this Act. unless the context otherwise requires" (a) "brothel" includes any house, room, conveyance or place, or any portion of any house, room, conveyance or place, which is used for purposes of sexual exploitation or abuse for the gain of another person or for the mutual gain of two or more prostitutes; (aa) "child" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years; (b) "corrective institution" means an institution, by whatever name called (being an institution.....

WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....appeals shall be filed; (i) the manner of service of orders and notices under this Act; (j) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. SECTION 12: REPEAL AND SAVINGS (1) As from the date of commencement in any State of this Act, any State Act corresponding to this Act in force in that State immediately before such commencement shall stand repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of any State Act referred to in sub-section (1), anything done or any action taken (including any direction given, any register, rule or order made or any restriction imposed) under the provisions of such State Act shall so far as such thing or action is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of this Act as if the said provisions were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken and shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. Explanation . In this section, the expression "State Act" includes a "Provincial Act." Central Bare Acts

WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956[REPEALED] Section 5

Title: Grant of licence

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) On receipt of an application under section 4, the licensing authority, after making such inquiry as it considers necessary, shall, by order in writing either grant the licence or refuse to grant it. (2) Where licence is refused, the grounds for such refusal shall be communicated to the applicant in the prescribed manner. (3) A licence, unless sooner revoked, shall remain in force for such period as may be specified in the licence and may, on application made in this behalf sixty days before the date of its expiration, be renewed for such period as the licensing authority may deem proper: Provided that a licence may be renewed on an application made within sixty days before the date of its expiration if the licensing authority is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not making the application earlier. (4) Every licence granted under this Act shall be in the prescribed form and shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed : Provided that any such condition may require that the management of an institution shall wherever practicable, be entrusted to women. (5) No fee shall be charged for the grant of a licence under this Act.

DELHI ORPHANAGES AND WOMEN'S HOMES (SUPERVISION AND CONTROL) ACT, 1956 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1956

.....home" means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where widows or women of any age are kept or are intended to be kept for care. Section3 Act not to apply to certain institution Nothing in this Act shall apply to any institution established, maintained or certified by Government under any law for the time being in force. Section4 Prohibition to open or maintain a orphanage or women's home without a licence No person shall, without or otherwise than in conformity with the conditions of, a licence granted under Section 5, open or maintain an orphanage or a women's home. Provided that a person maintaining any orphanage or women's home at the commencement of this Act shall be allowed a period of six months from such commencement to obtain such a licence. Section5 Licence to open or to maintain an orphanage or women's home (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the District Magistrate may, on receipt of an application from any person in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars, grant to such person a licence in the prescribed form for opening and maintaining or, as the case may be, for.....

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Section 21

Title: Protective Homes

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....or maintains a 2 [protective home or corrective institution] except in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be punishable in the case of a first offence with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and in the case of second or subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, section15, for certain words (w.e.f. 2-10-1979). 2. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, section 15, for "protective home" (w.e.f. 2-10-1979). 3. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, section 6 (w.e.f. 2-10-1979). 4. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, section 15 (w.e.f. 2-10-1979). 5. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, section 4. for "woman or girl" (w.e.f. 26-1-1987). 6. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, section 4, for "she" (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 Section 11

Title: Notification of Address of Previously Convicted Offenders

State: Central

Year: 1956

(1) When any person having been convicted (a) by a court in India of an offence punishable under this Act or punishable under section 363, section 365, section 366, section 366A, section 366B, section 367, section 368, section 370, section 371, section 372 or section 373 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), with imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards; or (b) by a court or tribunal in any other country of an offence which would, if committed in India, have been punishable under this Act or under any of the aforesaid sections with imprisonment for a like term, is within a period of five years after release from prison, again convicted of any offence punishable under this Act or under any of those sections with imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards by a court, such court may, if it thinks fit, at the time of passing the sentence of imprisonment on such person, also order that his residence, and any change of, or absence from such residence after release be notified according to rules made under section 23 for a period not exceeding five years from the date of expiration of that sentence. (2) If such conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, such.....

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....Provision is necessary to prevent such eviction. 4. It is, therefore, considered necessary that a comprehensive Slum Improvement Clearance Act be enacted under which Government should have the necessary powers for carrying out the requisite improvements, acquisition or demolition of slum properties and for the prevention of eviction of tenants from slum areas. Even though the necessary legislation is required mainly for Delhi, it is considered that it is better if it is enacted for all the Union Territories except those ol Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands. The Bill, therefore, provides that the Act will come into force in a Union Territory only on such date as the Central Government may notify."-Gaz. of Ind., 15-12- 1956, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 1169. Amending Act 43 of 1964.- The Act was passed to remove difficulties experienced in the working of the Act to facilitate and quicken slum clearance work, to require owners to restore the possession of the improved and redeveloped premises to the previous tenants on payment of a reasonable rent, and to give protection against eviction to tenants such as Amledars of premises in.....

The Bombay Aerial Ropeways Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1956

.....thereof. Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, if a promoter is not a company within the meaning of the Indian (Now see the Companies Act, 1956 ( I of 1956)) Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913), or a local authority, such promoter shall be deemed to be a company and the provisions of Part VII of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), shall mutatis mutandis apply to the acquisition of immoveable property on his behalf. 16. Temporary entry upon land for repairing or preventing accident;- ( 1) Subject to the rules, a promoter may, at any time, for the purpose of examining, repairing or altering an aerial ropeway or of preventing any accident, enter upon any immovable property adjoining such ropeway for public traffic, and may do all such works as may be necessary for such purpose. (2) In the exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the promoter shall cause as little damage as possible, and compensation shall be paid by him for any damage so caused; and in case of dispute as to the amount of such compensation, or the person to whom it shall be paid, the matter shall be referred to the decision of the Collector. 17. Removal of trees, structures,.....