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- Section 80. Dowry death.The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- Section 118. Presumption as to dowry death.The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Section 2. Definition of “dowry”. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 3. Penalty for giving or taking dowry. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 4. Penalty for demanding dowry. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 5. Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 6. Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 8B. Dowry Prohibition OfficersThe Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Section 113B. Presumption as to dowry death.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)
- Section 304B. Dowry death.The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Found in the text of sections
- Section 146. Alteration in allowance.The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
... date thereof. (4) At the time of making any decree for the recovery of any maintenance or dowry by any person, to whom a monthly allowance for the maintenance and interim maintenance or any of them has been ordered to be paid under section ...
- Section 2. Definitions. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
... family; (g) "domestic violence" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3; (h) "dowry" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961); (i) "Magistrate" means the Judicial ...
- Section 3. Definitions of domestic violence. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
... view to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any dowry or other property or valuable security; or (c) has the effect of threatening the aggrieved person or any person related to her by any conduct me ...
- Section 31. Penalty for breach of protection order by respondent. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
... ion 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or any other provision of that Code or the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961), as the case may be, if the facts disclose the commission of an offence under those provisions.
- Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
(1) This Act may be called the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1 *** (3) It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
- Section 8A. Burden of proof in certain casesThe Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
... certain cases. --Where any person is prosecuted for taking or abetting the taking of any dowry under section 3, or the demanding of dowry under section 4, the burden of proving that he had not committed an offence under those sections shal ...
- Section 10. Power of the State Government to make rulesThe Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
... y of the following matters, namely:-- (a) the additional functions to be performed by the Dowry Prohibition Officers under sub-section (2) of section 8B; (b) limitations and conditions subject to which a Dowry Prohibition Officer may exerci ...
- Section 8. Disqualification on conviction for certain offences. The Representation of the People Act, 1951
... r (b) any law relating to the adulteration of food or drugs; or (c) any provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 7 [1961 (28 of 1961);], 8 * * * * * and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months, shall be disqualified from the ...