Vulnerable Sections: Legislative Protection for Women and Children

Objectives:
- Curb prostitution and related activities.
- Prevent trafficking of people, especially women and children, for commercial sexual exploitation.
- Protect and rehabilitate victims of trafficking.
Key Provisions:
- Criminalizes:
  - Keeping or managing a brothel.
  - Living on the earnings of prostitution.
  - Soliciting or visiting a brothel for sexual exploitation of trafficked victims.
  - Procuring, inducing, or taking a person for prostitution.
  - Detaining a person in a brothel.
- Empowers Authorities to:
  - Rescue victims of trafficking.
  - Investigate and prosecute offenders.
  - Provide protection and rehabilitation for victims.

Objective: Prohibit the publication or exhibition of advertisements containing “indecent representation of women” in any form.
Prohibits:
- Sexually suggestive or exploitative.
- Derogatory or degrading to women.
- Likely to deprave or corrupt public morals.
- Examples might include advertisements that use women’s bodies to sell unrelated products, portray them in stereotypical or submissive roles, or objectify them for sexual gratification.
Powers of Authorities:
- The Act empowers authorized officers to:
- Enter and search places where they suspect violations are occurring.
- Seize material that contravenes the Act.
Penalties: Offenders can be punished with imprisonment for up to 3 years and a fine.