Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Chapter III: Using
Child for Pornographic Purposes and Punishment Therefor
13. Use of child for
pornographic purposes.-
Whoever, uses a child
in any form of media (including programme or advertisement telecast by
television channels or internet or any other electronic form or printed form,
whether or not such programme or advertisement is intended for personal use or
for distribution), for the purposes of sexual gratification, which includes-
a.
representation
of the sexual organs of a child;
b.
usage
of a child engaged in real or simulated sexual acts (with or without
penetration);
c.
the
indecent or obscene representation of a child, shall be guilty of the offence
of using a child for pornographic purposes.
Explanation.- For the
purposes of this section, the expression "use a child" shall include
involving a child through any medium like print, electronic, computer or any
other technology for preparation, production, offering, transmitting,
publishing, facilitation and distribution of the pornographic material.