The cabinet also approved a proposal for amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, to make punishment for violations more stringent, in a move aimed at curbing child abuse.
The amendments provide the option of stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child. There is a proposal to also amend certain provisions of the Act to address the menace of child pornography. These include levying fines for failing to destroy, delete or report pornographic material involving a child.
The amendments provide the option of stringent punishment, including the death penalty, for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child. There is a proposal to also amend certain provisions of the Act to address the menace of child pornography. These include levying fines for failing to destroy, delete or report pornographic material involving a child.
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