give short notes on laws relating to women and provision for representation
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- Indecent Representation of Women
THE INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN (PROHIBITION) ACT, 1986 (NO. 60 OF 1986)
An Act to prohibit indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seven Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title, extent and commencement:
(1) This Act may be called the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Definitions:
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
"advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or other document and also includes any visible representation made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas;
"distribution" includes distribution by way of samples whether free or otherwise;
"indecent representation of women" means the depiction in any manner of the figure of a woman; her form or body or any part thereof in such way as to have the effect of being indecent, or derogatory to, or denigrating women, or is likely to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals;
"label" means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing upon, any package;
"package" includes a box, a carton, tin or other container;
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
Prohibition of advertisements containing indecent representation of Women:
No person shall publish, or cause to be published, or arrange or take part in the publication or exhibition of, any advertisement which contains indecent representation of women in any form.
Prohibition of publication or sending by post of books, pamphlets, etc; containing indecent representation of women:
No person shall produce or cause to be produced, sell , let to hire, distribute, circulate or send by post any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure which contains indecent representation of women in any form:
Provided that noting in this section shall apply to-
any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure –
the publication of which is proved to be justified as justified as being for the public good on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, slide , film, writing, drawing, painting, photography, representation or figure is in the interest of science, literature, art, or learning , art, or learning or other objects of general concern; or
which is kept or used bona fidhe for religious purpose;
any representation sculptured, engraved, painted or otherwise represented on or in –
any ancient monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monument and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958); or
any temple, or on any car used or the conveyance of idols, or kept or used for any religious purpose;
any film in respect of which the provisions of Part II of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952), will be applicable