§42 — Alternate punishment

State amendments

This section has been amended in its application to Arunachal Pradesh. The text above is the central provision and is what applies everywhere else — these amendments are law only in the State that made them.

• Arunachal Pradesh[Vide Arunachal Pradesh Act 3 of 2019, s. 26]Read →Hide

  Arunachal Pradesh Amendment of section 42.—In section 42 of the Protection of Children Act, 2012 for the words figures and letters sections 166A, 354A, 354B, 354C, 354D, 370, 370A, 375, 376, 376A, 376C, 376D, 376E or section 509 of the Indian Penal Code the words figures and letters sections 166A 354A, 354B, 354C, 354D, 370, 370A, 375, 376, 376A, 376AA, 376C, 376D, 376DA, 376E or section 509 of the Indian Penal Code shall be substituted.

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