Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Chapter 5
Offences against Woman & Child
Chapter 5 Overview
This chapter of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita focuses on Offences against Woman & Child. It contains 37 sections that provide detailed legal provisions, definitions, procedures, and regulations related to this specific area of law.
Each section within this chapter addresses specific aspects of Offences against Woman & Child, providing clarity on legal requirements, obligations, rights, and procedures. These provisions are designed to ensure proper implementation and understanding of the law in this domain.
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Section 63
Rape
Section 64
Punishment for Rape
Section 65
Punishment for rape in certain cases
Section 66
Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
Section 67
Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
Section 68
Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
Section 69
Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.
Section 70
Gang Rape
Section 71
Punishment for repeat offenders
Section 72
Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc.
Section 73
Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
Section 74
Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
Section 75
Sexual harassment.
Section 76
Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
Section 77
Voyeurism
Section 78
Stalking
Section 79
Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman
Section 80
Dowry Death
Section 81
Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage
Section 82
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
Section 83
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Section 84
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Section 85
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
Section 86
Cruelty Defined
Section 87
Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
Section 88
Causing miscarriage
Section 89
Causing miscarriage without woman consent
Section 90
Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
Section 91
Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth
Section 92
Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
Section 93
Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it
Section 94
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Section 95
Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence
Section 96
Procuration of child
Section 97
Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person
Section 98
Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
Section 99
Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.