The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956

Guest (Querist) 06 October 2009 This query is : Resolved

The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956

Are obscene clippings in films, dance shows in Television channels,fashion shows in india, exposing pictutres on magzines comming under The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 or not?

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 06 October 2009
Definitely but............this but is very important and this creat the ways to set aside the provisions of the aforesaid act.

A V Vishal (Expert) 06 October 2009
Prakash

(a) "harmful publication "means any book, magazine, pamphlet, leaflet, newspaper or other like publication which consists of stories told with the aid of pictures or without the aid of pictures or wholly in pictures, being stories portraying wholly or mainly-
(i) the commission of offences; or
(ii) acts of violence or cruelty ; or
(iii) incidents of a repulsive or horrible nature;
in such a way that the publication as a whole would tend to corrupt a young person into whose hands it might fall, whether by inciting or encouraging him to commit offences or acts of violence or cruelty or in any other manner whatsoever;

Hence, the query does not fall in the ambit of harmful publication in the said act.