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publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in
sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form. It is as follows:“67B. Punishment for publishing or transmitting
of material depicting children in seually explicit
act, etc., in electronic form. – Whoever –
(a) publishes or transmits or causes to be published
or transmitted material any electronic form which
depicts children engaged in sexually explicit act
or conduct; or
(b) creates text or digital images, collects, seeks,
browses,
downloads,
advertises,
promotes,
exchanges or distributes material in any
electronic form depicting children in obscene or
indecent or sexually explicit manner; or
(c) cultivates, entices or induces children to online
relationship with one or more children for and on
sexually explicit act or in a manner that may
offend a reasonable adult on the computer
resources; or
(d)facilitates abusing children online; or
(e) records in any electronic form own abuse or that
of others pertaining to sexually explicit act with
children,
shall be punished on first conviction with
imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to five years and with a fine which may
extend to ten lakh rupees and in the event of second
or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to
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