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Section 95 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
95. Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
Whoever hires, employs or engages any child to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to ten years, and with fine; and if the offence be committed shall also be punished with the punishment provided for that offence as if the offence has been committed by such person himself.
Explanation.-Hiring, employing, engaging or using a child for sexual exploitation or pornography is covered within the meaning of this section.
Related Sections
- Section 21: Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding
- Section 317: Stolen property
- Section 198: Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person
- Section 66: Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim
- Section 302: Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person
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