Correct Answer: Option (2) [2012]
Explanation:
The correct answer is 2012.
📌 Key Points
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The POCSO Act was enacted in 2012 to protect children from sexual offences.
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About the POSCO Act, 2012-
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The act is an acronym for the "Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act".
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The act was enacted on June 19, 2012.
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It was enforced on November 14, 2012.
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The act was enacted to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and pornography and safeguard the interest and well-being of children.
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According to the act, the definition of a child is any person below eighteen years of age.
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It also defines different forms of sexual abuse which include penetrative and non-penetrative assault as well as sexual harassment and pornography.
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The POCSO (Amendment) Act, 2019-
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The new act defines child pornography as: “any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a child which includes a photograph, video, digital or computer-generated image (that is) indistinguishable from an actual child.”
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Additionally, “an image created, adapted, modified” to depict a child would also be treated as a child
pornography.
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This would also include cartoons, animated pictures, etc.
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The Cabinet has also enhanced the fine for possessing child porn but not deleting or reporting it to 5,000 from the earlier proposal of Rs 1,000.
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If a person stores such content for distributing it further, except for when presenting it in court as evidence, he could face a punishment of up to three years.
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Henceforth, there will be zero tolerance for child pornography.
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Some of these provisions were also contained in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Amendment Act, 2019, but lapsed.
Distractor Analysis:
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Option 1: '2010' is incorrect in this context.
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Option 2 (Correct Answer): '2012' is the correct response according to official examination criteria.
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Option 3: '2013' is incorrect in this context.
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Option 4: '2015' is incorrect in this context.
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