Preamble 1
Short title, extent and commencement 7
Definitions 8
Rule of construction regarding enactments not extending to
Jammu and Kashmir 27
Punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be
used as a brothel 27
Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution 39
Procuring, inducing or talking person for the sake of prostitution 45
Detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on 51
Prostitution in or in the vicinity of public places 55
Seducing or soliciting for purpose of prostitution 64
Seduction of a person in custody 70
Detention in a corrective institution 74
Notification of address of previously convicted offenders 75
Special police officer and advisory body 78
Offences to be cognizable 91
Search without warrant 93
Rescue of person 106
Intermediate custody of persons removed under Section 15 or
rescued under Section 16 107
Conditions to be observed before placing persons rescued
under Section 16 to parents or guardians 115
Closure of brothel and eviction of offenders from the premises 116
Application for being kept in a protective home or provided
care and protection by court 121
Removal of prostitute from any place 122
Protective homes 129
Production of records 135
Trials 135
Power to establish Special Courts 136
Power of Central Government to establish special courts 137
Power of Court to try cases summarily 138
Power to make rules 138
Act not to be in derogation of certain other Acts 141
Repeal and savings 142
The Schedule 141
APPENDICES
Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh Suppression of Immoral Traffic in
Women and Girls Rules, 1958 144
Bihar : Bihar Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and
Girls Rules, 1958 168
Bombay : Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls
(Bombay) Rules, 1958 185
Gujarat : Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls
(Bombay) Rules, 1958 (as applicable in the State of Gujarat 255
Madhya Pradesh : Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and
Girls (Madhya Pradesh) Rules, 1960 280
Notifications 298
Punjab : Punjab Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and
Girls Rules, 1960 299
Uttar Pradesh : U.P. Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women
and Girls Rules, 1961 315
West Bengal : West Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women
and Girls Rules, 1959 333
Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956 353
Subject Index 357