The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2019
The Act intends to protect children’s from offences such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.
The amendments introduced recently, changed the following provisions of the Act -
Penetrative Sexual Assault: The minimum punishment for a person committing penetrative assault on children is increased from 7 years to 10 years and if the penetrative assault is against children of age less than 16 years it could lead to imprisonment of minimum 20 years to life imprisonment.
Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault: The Act adds two more grounds to the definition of aggravated penetrative sexual assault. These include:
