This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Madhya Pradesh's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, which is the record this site keeps current.

Act 28 of 1961

Preamble

THE DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1961 ACT NO. 28 OF 1961 [20th May, 1961.] An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 9 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definition of "dowry"
3. 3Penalty for giving or taking dowry
4. 4
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6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9Power to make rules

Amending Acts

1 Act amending this enactment, passed by Parliament of India. The text above is the consolidated text as published.

• The Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 198428 of 1984

Provenance. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/91a43166-a5ff-4263-9331-3db3073ca52a.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/06fc778d-fb35-45ab-9f30-bdb2a4d8c018/content).

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Every one of the 9 sections of this Act has its own page. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.