Law Relating to Prevention of Immoral Traffic in India

Being an Exhuastive Commentary on The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
Alongwith State Rules etc.,  
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Description
The immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 aims at social reform of very great importance. The Act has a limited scope and area. What is punishable under the Act is sexual exploitation for commercial purposes. The present book on the subject attempts to explain the various provisions of the Act lucidly. Each section of the Act has been explained by befitting head-notes, provisions deleted/inserted/substituted have been remarked under the foot-notes suitably. To make the book self-contained the bare text of the rule framed by the various States find places in the Appendices. The book aims at various aspects of the Act in bringing out the loopholes and the success achieved in seeking to eliminate the evil of immoral traffic in human beings.
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Contents
Part I - Introduction
Part II - The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
1.     Short title, extent and commencement
2.    Definitions
2A.  Rule of construction regarding enactments not extending to Jammu and Kashmir
3.    Punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel
4.    Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution
5.    Procuring, inducing or taking person, for the sake of prostitution
6.    Detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on
7.    Prostitution in or in the vicinity of public places
8.    Seducing or soliciting for purpose of prostitution
9.    Seduction of a person in custody
10.  [Repealed]
10A.Detention in a corrective institution
11.    Notification of address of previously convicted offenders
12.  [Repealed]
13.  Special police officer and advisory body
14.  Offences to be cognizable
15.  Search without warrant
16.  Rescue of person
17.  Intermediate custody of persons removed under Section 15 or rescued under Section 16
17A.Conditions to be observed before placing persons rescued under Section 16 to parents or
        guardians
18.  Closure of brothel and eviction of offenders from the premises
19.  Application for being kept in a protective home or provided care and protection by Court
20.  Removal of prostitute from anyplace
21.    Protective homes
21A.Production of records
22.  Trials
22A.Power to establish Special Courts
22AA.Power of Central Government to establish special Courts
22B.Power of Court to try cases summarily
23.  Power to make rules
24.  Act not to be in derogation of certain other Acts
25.  Repeal and savings
       The Schedule
Part III - States Rules Made Under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
•   The Andhra Pradesh Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1958
•   Bihar Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1958
•   Bombay Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1958
•   Delhi Prevention of Immoral Traffic (Delhi) Rules, 1958
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Gujarat) Rules, 1985
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Himachal Pradesh) Rules, 1982
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Jammu and Kashmir) Rules, 1959
•   The Karnataka Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Rules, 1989
•   The Prevention of Immoral Traffic (Kerala) Rules, 1959
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Madhya Pradesh) Rules, 1960
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Manipur) Rules, 1958
•   The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Orissa) Rules, 1959
•   The Punjab Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1960
•   The Rajasthan Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1958
•   The Uttar Pradesh Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Rules, 1993
•   The West Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Rules, 1959
Part IV - Allied Acts and Rules
•    The Children Act, 1960
•    Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
•    Child Development and Care Centres
•    The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
•    The Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
•    The National Commission for Women Act, 1990
•    The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
•    The Dramatic Performances Act, 1876
•    The Women's and Childrens' Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
•    The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956
•    The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
•    The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
•    The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
•    The Commissions for Protect of Child Rights Act, 2005
•    The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
Part V - Relevant International Conventions
•   The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in persons and
     of the Exploitation or the Prostitution of others, 1949
•   The Convention Concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957
•   The Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade,
     and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956
•   United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1967
Subject Index
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Author Details
R.P. Kataria
Manzar Saeed