Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Act No. 32 of 2012 · in force from 14 November 2012 · 46 sections in 9 chapters. Every section below links to its verbatim text. Search it in plain words on AskBNS.
Chapter I: Preliminary
Chapter II: Sexual Offences Against Children
- POCSO3 Penetrative sexual assault
- POCSO4 Punishment for penetrative sexual assault
- POCSO5 Aggravated penetrative sexual assault
- POCSO6 Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault
- POCSO7 Sexual assault
- POCSO8 Punishment for sexual assault
- POCSO9 Aggravated sexual assault
- POCSO10 Punishment for aggravated sexual assault
- POCSO11 Sexual harassment
- POCSO12 Punishment for sexual harassment
Chapter III: Using Child for Pornographic Purposes and Punishment Therefor
- POCSO13 Use of child for pornographic purposes
- POCSO15 Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child
Chapter IV: Abetment of and Attempt to Commit an Offence
- POCSO16 Abetment of an offence
- POCSO17 Punishment for abetment
- POCSO18 Punishment for attempt to commit an offence
Chapter V: Procedure for Reporting of Cases
- POCSO19 Reporting of offences
- POCSO20 Obligation of media, studio and photographic facilities to report cases
- POCSO21 Punishment for failure to report or record a case
- POCSO22 Punishment for false complaint or false information
- POCSO23 Procedure for media
Chapter VI: Procedures for Recording Statement of the Child
- POCSO24 Recording of statement of a child
- POCSO25 Recording of statement of a child by Magistrate
- POCSO26 Additional provisions regarding statement to be recorded
- POCSO27 Medical examination of a child
Chapter VII: Special Courts
- POCSO28 Designation of Special Courts
- POCSO29 Presumption as to certain offences
- POCSO30 Presumption of culpable mental state
- POCSO31 Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
- POCSO32 Special Public Prosecutors
Chapter VIII: Procedure and Powers of Special Courts and Recording of Evidence
- POCSO33 Procedure and powers of Special Court
- POCSO34 Procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by Special Court
- POCSO35 Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case
- POCSO36 Child not to see accused at the time of testifying
- POCSO37 Trials to be conducted in camera
- POCSO38 Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child
Chapter IX: Miscellaneous
- POCSO39 Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc
- POCSO40 Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner
- POCSO41 Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases
- POCSO42 Alternate punishment
- POCSO42A Act not in derogation of any other law
- POCSO43 Public awareness about Act
- POCSO44 Monitoring of implementation of Act
- POCSO45 Power to make rules
- POCSO46 Power to remove difficulties