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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Wrongfully
concealing or keeping
in confinement,
kidnapped or
abducted person
368. Whoever, knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been
abducted, wrongfully conceals or confines such person, shall be punished in the
same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted such person with the same
intention or knowledge, or for the same purpose as that for which he conceals or
detains such person in confinement.
Kidnapping or
abducting child under
ten years with intent
to steal from its
person
369. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years with the
intention of taking dishonestly any moveable property from the person of such
child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Buying or disposing
of any person as a
slave
370. Whoever imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any person as
a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a slave,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Habitual dealing in
slaves
Buying or disposing of any person as a slave
371. Whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in
slaves, shall be punished with 129[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of
either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Selling minor for
purposes of
prostitution, etc
Habitual dealing in slaves
372. Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of any person under the
age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be employed
or used for the purpose of prostitution of illicit intercourse with any person or for
any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that such person
will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine. Selling minor for purposes on prostitution,
etc.
Explanation I. When a female under the age of eighteen years is sold, let for
hire, or otherwise disposed of to a prostitute or to any person who keeps or
manages a brothel, the person so disposing of such female shall, until the
contrary is proved, be presumed to have disposed of her with the intent that she
shall be used for the purpose of prostitution.
Explanation II. For the purposes of this section "illicit intercourse" means sexual
intercourse between person not united by marriage or by any union or tie which,
though not amounting to a marriage, is recognized by the personal law or custom
of the community to which they belong or, where they belong
to different communities, of both such communities, as constituting between them
a quasimarital relation.
Buying minor for
purposes of
prostitution, etc
373. Whoever buys, hires or otherwise obtains possession of any person under
the age of eighteen years with intent that such person shall at any age be
employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any
person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose, or knowing it to be likely that
such person will at any age be employed or used for any such purpose, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
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