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POCSO Act, 2012

Section 18

In force Act 32 of 2012 As on 19 Oct 2026

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Act 32 of 2012

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 18 of POCSO Act, 2012. Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act or to cause Punishment such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt, does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the for attempt to commit an offence P

Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act or to cause Punishment such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt, does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of any description provided for the for attempt to commit an offence Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child Abcment of an offence ĮPART !! offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the imprisonment for life or, as the case may be, one-half of the longest term of imprisonment provided for that offence or with fine or with both. CHAPTER V PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING, OF CASES

Section 18, POCSO Act, 2012 (Act 32 of 2012).

Questions about Section 18

How do I find court cases under Section 18 of the POCSO Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Pocso Act 2012 18, section 18 Pocso Act 2012, section 18 of the POCSO Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

When was the POCSO Act enacted?

POCSO Act was enacted in 2012 as Act 32 of 2012. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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