(1) This Act may be called the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
- 2.14th November, 2012, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 2705 (E), dated 9th November, 2012, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).