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(ii) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(aa) “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in
clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000;’;
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(iii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
‘(b) “distribution” includes all method of distribution, either by way of
samples or making available for public access through broadcast, transmission
or uploading on website or in any other printed or electronic form, whether for
profit or otherwise;’;
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(iv) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
‘(c) “indecent representation of women” means—
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(i) publication or distribution in any manner, of any material depicting
women as a sexual object or which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient
interests; or
(ii) depiction, publication or distribution in any manner, of the figure
of a woman, her form or body or any part thereof in such a way as to have
the effect of being indecent or derogatory to or denigrating women or
which is likely to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals;’;
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(v) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
‘(da) “material” includes any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing,
drawing, painting, photograph, representation in any form, figure or any other
content in printed, audio, visual or electronic form;’;
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(vi) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
'(g) “publish” includes—
(i) to prepare or print in any book, newspaper, magazine, poster,
graffiti, periodicals or any form of printed matter, digital or in any other
format; or
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(ii) to distribute or broadcast through audio-visual media including
cable, computer, broadband satellite transmission or any other form,
to any person so as to communicate or make it available to the public;’.
Substitution of
new section
for section 4.
3. For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
Prohibition of
indecent
representation
of women.
“4. No person shall publish or distribute or cause to be published or cause to be
distributed by any means any material which contains indecent representation of
women in any form:
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Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to—
(a) any material,—
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(i) the publication of which is proved to be justified as being for the
public good on the ground that such material is in the interest of science,
literature, art or learning or other objects of general concern; or
(ii) which is kept or used for bona fide religious purposes; or
(b) any representation sculptured, engraved, painted or otherwise
represented on or in—
(i) any ancient monument within the meaning of the Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958; or
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