NEW DELHI: Clarifying the legislation for grownup survivors of kid sexual abuse willing to return out and file the case even many years after it came about, the federal government on Tuesday put out a observation that “an y survivor, at any age, can bitch concerning the sexual abuse faced by way of him/her as a child”. Minister for girls and kid construction Maneka Gandhi has asked the victims to file the cases at the Pocso e-box at the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights web page.
“The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 does now not provide for any length of limitation for reporting sexual abuse offences,” Gandhi mentioned. She had written to legislation minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on October 3 hanging forth the ministry’s view in keeping with a scrutiny of current rules that there is not any restrict for reporting cases of kid sexual abuse and asked the legislation ministry to “ratify” the same to enable survivors to do so and enforcement agencies to act with readability.
In a observation issued by way of the WCD ministry on Tuesday, it identified that that they had consulted the ministry of legislation in view of the overriding provisions of the Pocso Act over other criminal rules and provisions of mandatory reporting of such offences.
“The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 does now not provide for any length of limitation for reporting sexual abuse offences,” Gandhi mentioned. She had written to legislation minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on October 3 hanging forth the ministry’s view in keeping with a scrutiny of current rules that there is not any restrict for reporting cases of kid sexual abuse and asked the legislation ministry to “ratify” the same to enable survivors to do so and enforcement agencies to act with readability.
In a observation issued by way of the WCD ministry on Tuesday, it identified that that they had consulted the ministry of legislation in view of the overriding provisions of the Pocso Act over other criminal rules and provisions of mandatory reporting of such offences.
‘Survivors of any age can file plaint if sexually abused as a kid’
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