1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India, ***.
(3)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (2)
- omitted w.e.f. 31-10-2019 . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
- . 14th November, 2012, vide notification No.S.O. 2705 (E), dated 9th November, 2012, see Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii)/.