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Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council Passes The Law On Sexual Exploitation
Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council Passes The Law On Sexual Exploitation: Details, Features, Aim, Significance, Highlights
The Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) under the leadership of Governor Satya Pal Malik has approved the ‘Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018’ and the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018’.
With this, Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Indian state to have a law banning sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship or a public servant.
The Bill aims to amend the Ranbir Penal Code, whereby specific offence under section 354 E is being inserted to provide for the offence of ‘Sextortion’.
Amendments are being made in section 154, 161 and Schedule of Criminal Procedure Code and section 53 A of the Evidence Act so as to bring sextortion at par with similar offences prescribed under Ranbir Penal Code.
An amendment is also being made in the Prevention of Corruption Act to amend the definition of misconduct and provide that demand for sexual favors would also constitute misconduct within the meaning of section 5.
About Ranbir Penal Code
Indian Penal code is not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir and in place of IPC, a similar criminal law Ranbir Penal Code applies in the state.
Ranbir Panel Code was introduced by Ranbir Singh during the Dogra Dynasty and it came in effect from 1932. The provision of code was prepared by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
