This standard work has been thoroughly revised and rewritten in view of the exhaustive amendments brought about in the Act by the Central Act No. 44 of 1986 which came into force on January 26, 1987.

The original Act, Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, had failed to effectively curb the evil of prostitution and more stringent measures were called for, as also the scope of the Act needed to be enlarged.

Thus, recent amendments provide for (a) enhancement of penalties for offences especially those involving children and minors; (b) cancellation of licences of hotels, etc. where children or minors have been found involved in prostitution; (c) enhancement of punishment for seduction in custody; (d) deletion of Sections 10 and 12; (e) compulsory medical examination of all persons recovered from a brothel; (f) interrogation of recovered women and girls by women police officers or in presence of women social workers; (g) appointment of special trafficking police officers and establishment of special courts for inter-state trafficking and (h) extension of the Act to cover all persons female or male who are exploited sexually for commercial purposes and the consequent amendment of the title of the Act.

Several notifications, amending and supplementing the earlier ones, have been noticed and included in this edition. The Appendices contain the Rules made by different States under the Act.

• Gujarat Law Reporter : This book is useful to the social institutions, lawyers, Prosecution and the Police Department, Judges, Bench and the Bar and also for the Administrative Department in the Government connected with the subject. More than 200 cases are being incorporated in the book. In the Appendix, State rules under the Act have been given. This is an important feature, or to say, special feature of the book. The author is known for his various books in the field of law.
• All India Reporter : Keeping in view the latest amendments and the case-law since the last edition, this book has been thoroughly revised and brought up-to-date. The Rules of a few more States have also been added and those already in the work amended. The book will be useful to the lawyers and social workers in this vital human problem.

                   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

                   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