Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

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Description
•    The  Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the
      Bride and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985
•    Relevant Provisions of Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), 
    Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)
With State Amendments
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Contents
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
1.    Short title, extent and commencement
2.    Definition of 'dowry'
3.    Penalty for giving or taking dowry
4.    Penalty for demanding dowry
4A.  Ban on advertisement
5.    Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void
6.    Dowry to be fore the benefit of the wife or her heirs
7.    Cognizance of offences
8.    Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be non - bailable
        and non-compoundable
8A.  Burden of proof in certain cases
8B.  Dowry Prohibition Officers
9.     Power to make rules
10.   Power of State Government to make rules
The Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Present to the Bride and
Bridegroom) Rules, 1985
Rules 1 - 2
Appendix
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