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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2012

.....over another person, for the purpose of any offence under this Act, is said to aid the doing of that act. 17. Whoever abets any offence under this Act, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment, shall be punished with punishment provided for that offence. Explanation. " An act or offence is said to be committed in consequence of abatement, when it is committed in consequence of the instigation, or in pursuance of the conspiracy or with the aid, which constitutes the abetment. 18. Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt, does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the imprisonment for life or, as the case may be, one-half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offence or with fine or with both. CHAPTER V PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING OF CASES 19. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, any person (including the child), who has apprehension that an offence under this Act is likely to.....

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 33

Title: Procedure and Powers of Special Court

State: Central

Year: 2012

.....the accused being committed to it for trial, upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitute such offence, or upon a police report of such facts. (2) The Special Public Prosecutor, or as the case may be, the counsel appearing for the accused shall, while recording the examination-in-chief, cross-examination or re-examination of the child, communicate the questions to be put to the child to the Special Court which shall in turn put those questions to the child. (3) The Special Court may, if it considers necessary, permit frequent breaks for the child during the trial. (4) The Special Court shall create a child-friendly atmosphere by allowing a family member, a guardian, a friend or a relative, in whom the child has trust or confidence, to be present in the court. (5) The Special Court shall ensure that the child is not called repeatedly to testify in the court. (6) The Special Court shall not permit aggressive questioning or character assassination of the child and ensure that dignity of the child is maintained at all times during the trial. (7) The Special Court shall ensure that the identity of the child is not disclosed at any time during the course of.....

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 37

Title: Trials to Be Conducted in Camera

State: Central

Year: 2012

The Special Court shall try cases in camera and in the presence of the parents of the child or any other person in whom the child has trust or confidence: Provided that where the Special Court is of the opinion that the child needs to be examined at a place other than the court, it shall proceed to issue a commission in accordance with the provisions of section 284 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974).

Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 2012 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 2012

TAMIL NADU CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL OFFICERS) AMENDMENT ACT, 2012 T.N. Act No.1/2012 TAMIL NADU CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL OFFICERS) AMENDMENT ACT, 2012 (Received the Assent of the Governor of Tamil Nadu on February 9, 2012 " Published in Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV, Section 2, Iss. No.32, page 62, dated February 9, 2012). An Act further to amend the. Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Act, 1976. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1. Short title and commencement. " (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 2012. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of Section 4." In Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Act, 1976 (President's Act 25 of 1976), in sub-section (1), for the expression "thirty five years and eight months", the expression "thirty six years and two months" shall be substituted. Tamil Nadu State Acts

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 28

Title: Designation of Special Courts

State: Central

Year: 2012

.....purposes under any other law for the time being in force, then, such court shall be deemed to be a Special Court under this section. (2) While trying an offence under this Act, a Special Court shall also try an offence [other than the offence referred to in sub-section (1)], with which the accused may, under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974), be charged at the same trial. (3) The Special Court constituted under this Act, notwithstanding anything in the Information Technology Act, 2000(21 of 2000), shall have jurisdiction to try offences under section 67B of that Act in so far as it relates to publication or transmission of sexually explicit material depicting children in any act, or conduct or manner or facilitates abuse of children online.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 32

Title: Special Public Prosecutors

State: Central

Year: 2012

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for every Special Court for conducting cases only under the provisions of this Act. (2) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under sub-section (7) only if he had been in practice for not less than seven years as an advocate. (3) Every person appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under this section shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (a) of section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974) and provision of that Code shall have effect accordingly.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 31

Title: Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to Proceedings Before a Special Court

State: Central

Year: 2012

Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974) (including the provisions as to bail and bonds) shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court of Sessions and the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Court, shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Section 34

Title: Procedure in Case of Commission of Offence by Child and Determination of Age by Special Court

State: Central

Year: 2012

(1) Where any offence under this Act is committed by a child, such child shall be dealt with under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000(56 of 2000). (2) If any question arises in any proceeding before the Special Court whether a person is a child or not, such question shall be determined by the Special Court after satisfying itself about the age of such person and it shall record in writing its reasons for such determination. (3) No order made by the Special Court shall be deemed to be invalid merely by any subsequent proof that the age of a person as determined by it under sub-section (2) was not the correct age of that person.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Chapter VII

Title: Special Courts

State: Central

Year: 2012

Chapter VII SPECIAL COURTS

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (Central) Chapter VIII

Title: Procedure and Powers of Special Courts and Recording of Evidence

State: Central

Year: 2012

Chapter VIII PROCEDURE AND POWERS OF SPECIAL COURTS AND RECORDING OF EVIDENCE