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The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 Act No.104 of 1956 [Dated 30th December, 1956] An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the suppression of immoral traffic in women and girls.
This Act provides for the prevention of immoral traffic in women and children in India. It defines the offences, penalties, procedures and institutions related to prostitution and sexual exploitation.
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- Introduction
- Meaning of Brothel and Prostitution
- Special Police Officer and His Powers
- Magistrate and His Powers
- Punishments Under Pita
- Trial Procedures
- Protective Homes and Corrective Institutions
- Jja and Pita
- Conclusion
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The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Children Act, 1956 was given assent on 30thDecember 1956 and was made applicable to the whole of India. The act was made to suppress immoral traffic in women and children as India signed the United Nations International Convention for the “Suppression of Women in Traffic in Persons and of the Exploita...
Before proceeding further, it is important to know the definitions of ‘brothel’ and ‘prostitution’ given under section 2(a) and section 2(f) respectively. A brothel includes “any: 1. house or any portion of any house; 2. room or any portion of any room; 3. conveyance or portion of any conveyance; 4. place or portion of any place; for purpose of: 1....
Special police officer (SPO) is a person appointed by the state government to discharge his police duties for an area who shall be above the rank of a sub-inspector of police. The District Magistrate (DM) may also appoint a retired police officer or a retired officer of the military above the rank of sub-inspector or a commissioned officer, at the ...
Section 2 (c) defines a magistrate as “specified in the second column in a Schedule as being competent to exercise the powers conferred by section in which the expression occurs and which is specified in the first column of the Schedule”. A magistrate under this act is vested with wide powers like: 1. As mentioned above, DM may appoint a specified ...
The punishments imposed under the act are varied and can be found in sections 3-9, 11, 18, 20 and 21. The offences punishable are keeping and using of premises as a brothel, living on the income earned via prostitution, pimping or else soliciting for prostitution, seducing a person in custody and prostitution in a public area etc. an offence punish...
As per section 22, offences committed under section 3-8 shall be triable exclusively by a magistrate not lower to a Metropolitan Magistrate or a First-Class Judicial Magistrate. Section 22A and section 22 AA provides power to the state and the central governments to establish special courts after consultation with the High Court. They shall be set ...
A protective home and a corrective institution are licenced under section 21. However, a protective home is “an institution where people in need of care and protection are kept” in the umbrella shade of technically qualified persons along with necessary equipment and other facilities required for the institutions proper functioning. It. On the othe...
JJA and PITA are legislation that wants rehabilitation of young children who have fallen victims of flesh trade. In Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee v. Union of India, the High Court while considering these principles has been explicitly clear for such children and stated “they cannot be treated as a child in conflict with the law and sent...
The people involved in the flesh market are often those who are of poor economic strata, migrant workers and who want extra income. These people are often lured into having a rosy future and persuaded by trickery or flattery. Once they enter the system it is hard for them to live a normal life. The negative consequences of joining this field of wor...
Learn about the PITA, a law to prevent immoral traffic and prostitution in India. It covers the definitions, powers and roles of special police officers, magistrates and other institutions under the act.
Jan 8, 2024 · The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (ITP), 1956, aims to prevent the commercialisation of vices and the trafficking of females. It delineates the legal framework surrounding sex work. While the act itself does not declare sex work illegal, it prohibits running brothels.
Aug 2, 2016 · Learn about the ITPA, a 1986 amendment of the 1956 SITA law that criminalises prostitution and trafficking in India. Find out the key features, amendments, initiatives and FAQs of the act for UPSC exam preparation.
Learn about the PITA Act, which is a law to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation in India. Find out the definition, causes, offences, punishment and trial procedure under the act.
An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the prevention of immoral traffic. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
