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CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE HUMAN BODY · Of Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour

Section 366B: Importation of girl from foreign country

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever imports into 1[India] from any country outside India 2[or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir] any girl under the age of twenty-one years with intent that she may be, or knowing it to be likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person, 3***shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
  2. 2.Ins. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., (w.e.f. 1-4-1951).
  3. 3.Certain words omitted by s. 3 and the Sch., ibid.

Now in the BNS

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

366B. Importation of girl from foreign country.BNS 141

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