EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -THE SUPPRESSION OF IMMORAL TRAFFIC INWOMEN AND GIRLS ACT, 1956 ACT NO. 104 OF 1956 [30th December, 1956] An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May, 1950, for the suppression of immoral traffic in women and girls.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called 3[the Immoral Traffic (Prevention)] Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -It penalises any person visiting a brothel for the purpose of sexual exploitation of trafficked victims. All offences listed in the Bill would be tried in camera, i.e., the public would be excluded from attending the trial. This Bill punishes trafficking for the purpose of prostitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2006 amends the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 to combat trafficking and sexual exploitation for commercial purposes. The Bill deletes provisions that penalised prostitutes for soliciting clients.