The preventive immoral traffic act 1956

1. Presented by
T.KEERTHIKA
12MSW016

2. This act is applicable to the whole of India
except J&K
(1) Definitions:
BROTHEL: Any house, room or a premises
which is used for the purpose of sexual
exploitation.
PROSTITUTIONS: Sexual exploitation or
abuse of persons for commercial purposes.

3. (2) Punishments for keeping a brothel or allowing
premises to be used as brothel:
a) Any person who keeps or manages in
keeping the management of a brothel shall be
punishable for the term of 1st time- not less than 1
year not more than 3 years
For the term of 2nd year – not less than 2
years & not more than 5 years
Fine up to rs.2000

4. b) Any person who being a tenant/owner/ agent/
landlord/ person in charge of keeping the
premises is intended to be used as brothel shall
be punishable on 1st conviction for a term which
may extend to 2yrs and the 2nd conviction for a
term may extend to 5 yrs and the fine up to
rs.2000

5. 3) Punishments for living on the earnings of
prostitutions:
Any person earning from the prostitution of 18
yrs person, he/she shall be imprisonment for a
term which may extend to 2 yrs or fine up to
rs.1000 or both.
if it is a child earning means that person shall
be punishable for a term of not less than 7yrs &
not more than 10yrs.

6. 4) Procuring, inducing/ taking person for the sake of
prostitution:
-causes or induces a person to carry on
prostitution shall be punishable with rigorous
imprisonments for a term of not less than 3yrs &
not more than 7yrs (1st time)
- for the 2nd time it shall extend to 14yrs.
- in case of child it is not less than 7yrs but may
extend to whole life
- in case of minor, 7-14 yrs.

7. 5) Detaining a person in premises where prostitution
is carried on:
- If a person involves in sexual intercourse with
a person other than spouse, such person shall be
punishable with either for a description for a term
which shall not be less than 7yrs or which may
extend to 10yrs & shall also be liable to fine.

8. 6) Prostitution in/in the vicinity of public place:
Any person who carries on prostitution & it is
carried on:
a) within a distance of 200mts of any place
of public religious worship, educational institutions,
hostel, hospital, nursing home or such other public
place shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to 3 months.

9. b) If an offence is committed in hotel, the
license also be liable to be cancelled.
The hotel should registered under the sec 2(6)
of the Hotels- Receipts tax Act, 1980

10. 7) Special Police Officer & Advisory Body:
-The special police officer shall not be below the
rank of an inspector of police.
- A retired police officer(unless such officer at the
time of retirement) was holding a post not below the
rank of inspector.
- A retired military officer holding a post not below
the rank of commissioned officer.
- The special police officer of an area shall be
assisted by such number of subordinates as the state
government may think fit.

11. 8) Protective Homes:
- state government may in its discretion
establish as many protective homes & corrective
institutions under this act as its thinks fit.
- no person or no authority other than
state government shall establish/maintain any
protective home or corrective institutions.