Act Number: 60

Act Name: The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-12-23

Long Title: An Act to prohibit indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India, 1***.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
2. 2nd October, 1987, vide notification No G.S.R. 821(E), dated 25th September, 1987, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
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