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 4: Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution.
    (1) Any person over the age of eighteen Years who knowingly lives, wholly or in part, on the earnings of the prostitution of 1[any other person] shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both 2[and where such earnings relate to the prostitution of a child or a minor, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years and not more than ten years].
3[(2) Where any person over the age of eighteen years is proved-
         (a) to be living with, or to be habitually in the company of, a prostitute; or
         (b) to have exercised control, direction or influence over the movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that such person is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution; or
         (c) to be acting as a tout or pimp on behalf of a prostitute, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such person is knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution of another person within the meaning of sub-section (1).]
Notes:
1.Subs. by Act 44 of 1986, s. 7, for a woman or girl (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
2. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1987).
3. Subs. by Act 46 of 1978, s. 4, for section 4 (w.e.f. 2-10-1979)
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