Act Number: 104

Act Name: The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-12-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called 1[the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)] Act, 1956.
    (2) It extends to the whole of India.
    (3) This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1986,for "the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls" (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
2. 1st May, 1958, vide notification No. G.S.R. 269, dated 16th April, 1958, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i).
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