BBanaka

BNS: Chapter 5: Of Offences Against Woman and Child - Of sexual offences - Of criminal force and assault against woman - Of offences relating to marriage - Of causing miscarriage, etc. - Of offences against child

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  1. Section 63. Rape
  2. Section 64. Punishment for rape
  3. Section 65. Punishment for rape in certain cases
  4. Section 66. Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
  5. Section 67. Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation
  6. Section 68. Sexual intercourse by a person in authority
  7. Section 69. Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc
  8. Section 70. Gang rape
  9. Section 71. Punishment for repeat offenders
  10. Section 72. Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc
  11. Section 73. Printing or publishing of any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission
  12. Section 74. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty
  13. Section 75. Sexual harassment
  14. Section 76. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe
  15. Section 77. Voyeurism
  16. Section 78. Stalking
  17. Section 79. Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman
  18. Section 80. Dowry death
  19. Section 81. Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage
  20. Section 82. Marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife
  21. Section 83. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
  22. Section 84. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
  23. Section 85. Husband or relative of the husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
  24. Section 86. Cruelty defined
  25. Section 87. Kidnapping, abducting, or inducing a woman to compel her marriage, etc
  26. Section 88. Causing miscarriage
  27. Section 89. Causing miscarriage without woman’s consent
  28. Section 90. Death caused by an act done with the intent to cause miscarriage
  29. Section 91. Act done with intent to prevent a child being born alive or to cause to die after birth
  30. Section 92. Causing the death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide
  31. Section 93. Exposure and abandonment of a child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it
  32. Section 94. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body
  33. Section 95. Hiring, employing, or engaging a child to commit an offence
  34. Section 96. Procuration of a child
  35. Section 97. Kidnapping or abducting a child under ten years of age with the intent to steal from its person
  36. Section 98. Selling a child for purposes of prostitution, etc
  37. Section 99. Buying a child for purposes of prostitution, etc

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.