The immoral traffic prevention act 1956 pdf

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Tudor Raneti. Jurisprudence on Human Trafficking - Research Sjdhsjdhdf. Lanz Olives. Gabriel Andrei Stan. Belarmino Navarro. Jane Davis. Aishwarya Shankar. Greg Kennedy. The six categories addressed by the law include: 1. Any person who allows or lets premises to be used for prostitution. Any person who lives on the earnings of a prostitute. The prostitute. The children of prostitutes. Anyone who carries on prostitution within close proximity to a public place, including a hospital, nursing home, place of religious worship, hostel, educational institution, or in an area notified under the provisions of the Act, can be punished with imprisonment.

Hence, contrary to its declared objectives, these Sections of the ITPA criminalize the woman in prostitution. Importantly, the client is not an offender under the Act. The social welfare programme to be implemented for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of the young fallen victims and mainly children and girls rescued either from the brothel houses or from the vices of prostitution;.

To make suggestions of amendments to existing laws or for enactment of any new law, if so warranted, for the prevention of sexual exploitation for children;. To examine the devadasi and jogini traditions and give suggestions for then welfare and rehabilitation. Devising suitable machinery for implementing the suggestions made by the Committee. This differential treatment in terms of sentencing needs to be questioned.

The law empowers the State to intrude into the privacy of the home of the woman in prostitution and remove her children from her custody and even guardianship. The larger focus is on prosecution of the accused.

EPW,53 International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 13 1 , But use instead of the Police Act was seen. But apart from that it was also clear that the police have somewhere failed to understand and internalize the purpose behind passing of the law, i.

Shetye, S. Review of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, Open navigation menu. Close suggestions Search Search. User Settings. Skip carousel. Carousel Previous. Carousel Next. What is Scribd? Explore Ebooks. Bestsellers Editors' Picks All Ebooks. Explore Audiobooks. Bestsellers Editors' Picks All audiobooks. Explore Magazines. Editors' Picks All magazines. Explore Podcasts All podcasts. Difficulty Beginner Intermediate Advanced. Mammalian Brain Chemistry Explains Everything.

Related Books Free with a 30 day trial from Scribd. Arrest-Proof Yourself Dale C. Smart on Crime Kamala Harris. Elizabeth Loftus. Related Audiobooks Free with a 30 day trial from Scribd. Lott, Jr. The Immoral Traffic prevention Act, 1. Sections 1. Punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel. Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution. Procuring, inducing or taking person for the sake of prostitution. Seduction of a person in custody.

Search without warrant. Rescue of person. Closure of brothel and eviction of offenders from the premises. Application for being kept in a protective home or provided care and protection by court. Removal of prostitute from any place.

Protective homes. Act not to be in derogation of certain other Acts. Section 15 lays down the requirement for respectable citizens, women police officers during raid who also have to do the interrogation of the rescued women and girls.

People in prostitution can by no means be debarred from these constitutional rights. The IPC has various provisions for restraining kidnapping of minors. This Act is applied to issues related to child prostitution and children of women in prostitution. Each category is treated differently, subjected to different legal processes and punishments. The six categories addressed by the law include: 1.

Any person who allows or lets premises to be used for prostitution. Any person who lives on the earnings of a prostitute. The prostitute. The children of prostitutes.