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The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

दहेज प्रतिषेध अधिनियम, 1961

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Act ID: 196128
Act Number: 28
Enactment Date: 1961-05-20
Act Year: 1961
Short Title: The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
Hindi Title: दहेज प्रतिषेध अधिनियम, 1961
Long Title: An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry.
Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Enforcement Date: 01-07-1961
Notification: 1st July, 1961, vide notification No. S.O. 1410, dated 20th June, 1961, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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Section 1.  Short title, extent and commencement.
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Section 2.  Definition of “dowry”.

Section 3.  Penalty for giving or taking dowry.
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Section 4.  Penalty for demanding dowry.

Section 4A.  Ban on advertisement.

Section 5.  Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void.

Section 6.  Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs.

Section 7.  Cognizance of offences.

Section 8.  Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be bailable and non-compoundable.

Section 8A. Burden of proof in certain cases

Section 8B. Dowry Prohibition Officers

Section 9. Power to make rules
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Section 10. Power of the State Government to make rules

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