64 NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION imprisonment which may extend to ten years, and either description for a term which may extend to which may extend to ten years, and shall be liable shall also be liable to fine. seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. to fine. 88 85 Section 366B of Indian Penal Code, 1860: Importation of girl from foreign country Whoever imports into [India] from any country outside India [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, [***] shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine. 86 Section 369 of Indian Penal Code, 1860: Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years with the intention of taking dishonestly any movable property from the person of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. 87 Section 370 of Indian Penal Code, 1860: Buying or disposing of any person as a slave Whoever imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any person as a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a slave, shall be punished with imprisonment of Section 370A of Indian Penal Code, 1860: - Exploitation of Trafficked person- 1) Whoever, knowingly or having reason to believe that a minor has been trafficked, engages such minor for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. 2)Whoever, knowingly by or having reason to believe that a person has been trafficked, engages such person for sexual exploitation in any manner, shall be punished With rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine. 89 Section 372 of Indian Penal Code, 1860: Selling Explanation I- When a female under the age of eighteen years is sold, let for hire, or otherwise disposed of to a prostitute or to any person who keeps or manages a brothel, the person so disposing of such female shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have disposed of her with the intent that she shall be used for the purpose of prostitution. Explanation II-For the purposes of this section 'illicit intercourse" means sexual intercourse between persons not united by marriage or by any union or tie which, though not amounting to a marriage, is recognized by the personal law or custom of the community to which they belong or, where they belong to different communities, of both such communities, as constituting between them a quasi-marital relation. 90 Section 3 of JJ Act, 2015 minor for purposes of prostitution, etc The Central Government, the State Governments, Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes the Board, and other agencies, as the case may of any [person under the age of eighteen years be, while implementing the provisions of this Act with intent that such person shall at any age be shall be guided by the following fundamental employed or used for the purpose of prostitution principles, namely:–– (i) Principle of presumption or illicit intercourse with any person or for any of innocence: Any child shall be presumed to be unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be an innocent of any mala fide or criminal intent likely that such person will at any age be] employed up to the age of eighteen years. (ii) Principle of or used for any such purpose, shall be punished dignity and worth: All human beings shall be with imprisonment of either description for a term treated with equal dignity and rights. (iii) Principle

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