Under Section 14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, whoever uses a child for…
Section 14(1), as amended in 2019, prescribes imprisonment of at least five years for using a child for pornographic purposes, together with a fine. A second or subsequent…
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Under Section 14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, whoever uses a child for pornographic purposes shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than:
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Section 14(1), as amended in 2019, prescribes imprisonment of at least five years for using a child for pornographic purposes, together with a fine. A second or subsequent conviction raises the minimum to seven years. The older provision used five years as a maximum; the 2019 amendment made five years the minimum.
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