Laws against child prostitution

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Laws against Prostitution
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act - PITA
Amending "The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act" of 1986 or PITA, All India Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act (SITA), was amended to the current law. The laws were imposed on the population for limiting and eventually abolishing prostitution in India by gradually criminalizing various aspects of Sex work. PITA has following provisions -:
  • Sex Workers: A prostitute who seduces or solicits shall be prosecuted. Similarly, call girls can not publish phone numbers to the public. (imprisonment up to 6 months with fine, point 8)Sex worker also punished for prostitution near any public place or notified area. (Imprisonment of up to 3 months with fine, point 7)
  • Clients: A client is guilty of consorting with prostitutes and can be charged if he engages in sex acts with a sex worker within 200 yards of a public place or "notified area". (Imprisonment of up to 3 months, point 7) The client may also be punished if the sex worker is below 18 years of age. (From 7 to 10 years of imprisonment, whether with a child or a minor, point 7)
  • Pimps and Babus: Babus or pimps or live-in lovers who live off a prostitute's earnings are guilty of a crime. Any adult male living with a prostitute is assumed to be guilty unless he can prove otherwise. (Imprisonment of up to 2 years with fine, point 4)
  • Brothel: Landlords and brothel-keepers can be prosecuted, maintaining a brothel is illegal. (From 1 to 3 years imprisonment with fine for first offence, point 3) Detaining someone at a brothel for the purpose of sexual exploitation can lead to prosecution. (Imprisonment of more than 7 years, point 6)
  • Procuring and trafficking: A person procures or attempts to procure anybody is liable to be punished. Also a person who moves a person from one place to another, (human trafficking), can be prosecuted similarly. (From 3 to 7 years imprisonment with fine, point 5)
  • Rescued Women: The government is legally obligated to provide rescue and rehabilitation in a "protective home" for any sex worker requesting assistance. (Point 21)
  According to this law places of public like religious worship, educational institutions, hostels, hospitals etc come under the illegal areas for practicing this profession or the 'Notified Area'. A "notified area" is a place which is declared to be "prostitution-free" by the state government under the PITA. Brothel in context of this law, is a place which has two or more sex workers.
Note -  Prostitution is not an offense under this law, but soliciting, brothels and pimps are illegal.

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Anonymous said…
under what law is this 200 yard limit provided?
28 December 2012 at 10:37
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