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Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Complete Act

Title: Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986

State: Central

Year: 1986

Preamble1 - INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN (PROHIBITION) ACT, 1986 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Prohibition of advertisements containing indecent representation of women Section4 - Prohibition of publication or sending by post of books, pamphlets, etc., containing indecent representation of women Section5 - Powers to enter and search Section6 - Penalty Section7 - Offences by companies Section8 - Offences to be cognizable and bailable Section9 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section10 - Power to make rules

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Preamble 1

Title: Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986

State: Central

Year: 1986

THE INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN (PROHIBITION) ACT, 19861 [Act, No. 60 of 1986] [23rd December, 1986] PREAMBLE An Act to prohibit indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- ______________________ 1. Published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, section 1, dated 23rd December, 1986.

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Section 3

Title: Prohibition of Advertisements Containing Indecent Representation of Women

State: Central

Year: 1986

No person shall publish, or cause to be published, or arrange or take part in the publication or exhibition of, any advertisement which contains indecent representation of women in any form.

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Section 4

Title: Prohibition of Publication or Sending by Post of Books, Pamphlets, Etc., Containing Indecent Representation of Women

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....proved to be justified as being for the public good on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure is in the interest of science, literature, art, or learning or other objects of general concern; or (ii) which is kept or used bona fide for religious purposes; (b) any representation sculptured, engraved, painted or otherwise represented on or in-- (i) any ancient monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monument and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958); or (ii) any temple, or on any car used for the conveyance of idols, or kept or used for any religious purpose. (c) any film in respect of which the provisions of Part II of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952), will be applicable.

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....appearing upon, any packages; (e) "package" includes box, carton, tin or other container; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Act. SECTION 03: PROHIBITION OF ADVERTISEMENTS CONTAINING INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN No person shall publish, or cause to be published, or arrange or take part in the publication or exhibition of, any advertisement which contains indecent representation of women in any form. SECTION 04: PROHIBITION OF PUBLICATION OR SENDING BY POST OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., CONTAINING INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN - No person shall produce or cause to be produced, sell, let to hire, distribute, circulate or send by post any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure which contains indecent representa- tion of women in any form: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to- (a) any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure- (i) the publication of which is proved to bejustified as being for the public good on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation.....

The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Tripura

Year: 1986

.....representation of figure; (c) `authorized officer' means any Gazetted Officer authorized by the State Government for the purpose of section 5 of the Act. (d) `section' means a section of the Act. (2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined, shall have the meanings respectively, assigned to them in the Act. 3. Manner of seizure of articles.- (1) Every seizure made in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall be made in the manner hereinafter provided in these rules. (2) The authorized officer seizing any advertisements or articles under sub-section (1) of section 5 shall prepare a list of such advertisements or articles containing such details relating to the description, quality, quantity, mark, number and other particulars thereof as he may consider relevant to the identity of such advertisements or articles in any proceeding under the Act, in the Form annexed to these rules. (3) The authorized officer shall pack and seal such advertisements or articles in the manner provided in rule 4 and shall deliver a copy of the list so prepared to the person from whom such advertisements or articles are seized. (4) The advertisements or articles so.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 20

Title: Transmission by Post of Anything Indecent, Etc., Prohibited

State: Central

Year: 1898

No person shall send by post-- (a) any indecent or obscene printing, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book or card, or any other indecent or obscene article, or (b) any postal article having thereon, or on the cover thereof, any words, marks or designs of an indecent, obscene, seditious, scurrilous, threatening or grossly offensive character.

Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 110

Title: Behaving Indecently in Public

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

No person shall wilfully and indecently expose his person in any street or public place or within sight of and in such manner as to be seen from, any street or public place, whether from within any house or building or not, or use indecent language or behave indecently or riotously, or in a disorderly manner in a street or place of public resort or in any office, station or station house.

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1986

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or other document and also includes any visible representation made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas; (b) "distribution" includes distribution by way of samples whether free or otherwise; (c) "indecent representation of women" means the depiction in any manner of the figure of a woman, her form or body or any part thereof in such a way as to have the effect of being indecent, or derogatory to, or denigrating, women, or is likely to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals; (d) "label" means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing upon, any package; (e) "package" includes a box, carton, tin or other container; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 151

Title: Indecent and Scandalous Questions

State: Central

Year: 1872

The Court may forbid any questions or inquiries which it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries may have some bearing on the questions before the Court, unless they relate to facts in issue, or to matters necessary to be known in order to determine whether or not the facts in issue existed.