POCSO14
POCSO Section 14: Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes
Ch III · Using Child for Pornographic Purposes and Punishment Therefor
Official source PDF p.11
This section was separated from a merged extraction. Official source PDF physical page 11 retains the amendment footnote for Section 14. Current legal effect remains unverified.
Punishment
- (1) punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years and shall also be liable to fine and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years and also be liable to fine
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Verbatim · POCSO14. Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes.—(1) Whoever uses a child or children for pornographic purposes shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years and shall also be liable to fine and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years and also be liable to fine.(2) Whoever using a child or children for pornographic purposes under sub-section (1), commits an offence referred to in section 3 or section 5 or section 7 or section 9 by directly participating in such pornographic acts, shall be punished for the said offences also under section 4, section 6, section 8 and section 10, respectively, in addition to the punishment provided in sub-section (1).]
Cite as: Section 14, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Act No. 32 of 2012)