Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 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,[1] *. (3) It shall come into force on such date[2] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 1. The word "or" omitted by Act 25 of 2019, s. 4 (w.e.f. 16-08-2019). 2. Ins. by s. 4, ibid (w.e.f. 16-08-2019). (k) whoever, taking advantage of a child's mental or physical disability, commits penetrative sexual assault on the child; or (l) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on the child more than once or repeatedly; or (m) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child below twelve years; or (n) whoever being a relative of the child through blood or adoption or marriage or guardianship or in foster care or having a domestic relationship with a parent of the child or who is living in the same or shared household with the child, commits penetrative sexual assault on such child; or (o) whoever being, in the ownership, or management, or staff, of any institution providing services to the child, commits penetrative sexual assault on the child; or (p) whoever being in a position of trust or authority of a child commits penetrative sexual assault on the child in an institution or home of the child or anywhere else; or (q) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child knowing the child is pregnant; or (r) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child and attempts to murder the child; or (s) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child in the course of[1] [communal or sectarian violence or during any natural calamity or in similar situations]; or (t) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child and who has been previously convicted of having committed any offence under this Act or any sexual offence punishable under any other law for the time being in force; or (u) whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a child and makes the child to strip or parade naked in public, is said to commit aggravated penetrative sexual assault. 2[6. Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault .—(1) Whoever commits aggravated penetrative sexual assault shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of natural life of that person and shall also be liable to fine, or with death. (2) The fine imposed under sub-section (1) shall be just and reasonable and paid to the victim to meet the medical expenses and rehabilitation of such victim.] C. —SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUNISHMENT THEREFOR