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CHAPTER V OF OFFENCES AGAINST WOMAN AND CHILD · Of offences against child

Section 99: Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Whoever buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of any child with intent that such child shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such child will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation 1.—Any prostitute or any person keeping or managing a brothel, who buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of a female under the age of eighteen years shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have obtained possession of such female with the intent that she shall be used for the purpose of prostitution.

Explanation 2.— “Illicit intercourse” has the same meaning as in section 98.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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  1. 1. Whoever buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of any child intending that the child shall at any age be used for prostitution is punishable under Section 99 of the BNS with imprisonment of either description for a term

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