Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences”

-22 May 2012
- rathod surajsinh 17ll4(a)

Children from Sexual Offences Act,2012 came into force on 14

November 2012.The Act was passed in the Indian Parliament in May 2012.The act under its ambit defines child as a person below the age-group of 18 and is gender neutral and have a clear definition for all types of sexual abuses like sexual harassment, penetrative and non-penetrative sexual abuse and pornography.
All children whether male or female below the age of eighteen come under this ACT.
It extends to the whole of India, except the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

offences,
Aggravated sexual offences,
Sexual assault,
Sexual harassment, and
Using a child for pornographic

purposes.
To provide for establishment of special courts for trial of such offences &
Others connected matters.

sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children;
b. protect the rights

of child victims of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse;
c. promote national and international co-operation against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children.
The sexual Offences Act is gender neutral meaning that both females and males can be charged with offences and both females and males can make complaints about being victims of the offences provided for under the Act.

protection during the Investigative Procedure
Can avail Emergency Medical Treatment
Provisions for

avoiding re-victimisation of the child
Special Court to decide compensation for the child
Can testify through Video-link
A CSA case should be disposed within one year of reporting

assault
Sexual assault
Aggravated sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Using child for pornographic purposes

vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of a child, or
Making the

child to do so, or
Manipulates any body part so as to cause the penetration, or
Applying his mouth to those organs or making the child to do so.

a police officer, armed personnel, jail officers, hospital staff, staff

of educational institutions, public servants etc, is treated as aggravated penetrative sexual assault
Any sexual assault using deadly weapons is an aggravated one
Repeated sexual assault of persons in charge of children, assault by relatives, assault if child is of mental impairment etc comes under this
Punishment is for ten years or more

punishable
Engaging in a conspiracy, suppressing information ,wilful representation of facts,

facilitating an offence transporting a child etc relating to child come under this offence
Punishment for abetment is equitant to the punishment for an offence under this act
Even an attempt commit an offence is punishable.