67B. Punishment for publishing or
transmitting of material depicting
children in sexually explicit act,
etc. in electronic form.-
Whoever,-
(a) publishes or transmits or
causes to be published or
transmitted material in 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 resource 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 seven
years and also with fine which
may extend to ten lakh rupees:
Provided that the provisions of
section 67, section 67A and
this section does not extend to
any book, pamphlet, paper,
writing, drawing, painting,
representation or figure in
electronic form-
(i) The publication of which is
proved to be justified as being
for the public good on the
ground that such book,
pamphlet, paper writing,
drawing, painting,
representation or figure is in
the interest of science,
literature, art or learning or
other objects of general
concern; or
(ii) which is kept or used for
bonafide heritage or religious
purposes
Explanation: For the purposes
of this section, “children”
means a person who has not
completed the age of 18 years.
