{"id":89734,"date":"2019-07-11T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=7954"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:14:01","slug":"govt-approves-changes-in-pocso-act-includes-death-penalty-for-sexual-offences-against-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-approves-changes-in-pocso-act-includes-death-penalty-for-sexual-offences-against-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Union Cabinet has approved an amendment to\nthe Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, 2012.<\/li><li>The amendment provides for stringent punishment,\nincluding death penalty, for sexual assault of children.<\/li><li>The amendments also provide for levy of fines\nand imprisonment to curb child pornography.<\/li><li>Amendments are also proposed to protect children\nfrom sexual offences in times of natural calamities.<\/li><li>The amendments are aimed to establish clarity\nregarding the aspects of child abuse and punishment thereof.<\/li><li>It is expected to discourage the trend of child\nsexual abuse by acting as a deterrent due to strong penal provisions\nincorporated in the Act<\/li><li>Further, it will protect the interest of\nvulnerable children in times of distress and ensures their safety and dignity.<\/li><li>The POCSO Act, 2012 was enacted to protect the\nchildren from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.<\/li><li>The Act defines a child as any person below\neighteen years of age. Further, the Act is gender neutral. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, 2012. The amendment provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty, for sexual assault of children. The amendments also provide for levy of fines and imprisonment to curb child pornography. Amendments are also proposed to protect children from sexual&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-approves-changes-in-pocso-act-includes-death-penalty-for-sexual-offences-against-children\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Govt approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against children<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1234],"tags":[1874],"class_list":["post-89734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-current-affairs","tag-posco-act","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704575929},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}