IMPORTANT LAWS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN
Laws relating to women
1. Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
2. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
3. Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
4. National Commission for Women Act, 1990
5. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
6. Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment Bill, 2007
7. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
Laws relating to children
1. Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
2. Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
3. Children Act, 1960
4. Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
5. Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
6. Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
7. Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 1992
8. Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 2003
9. Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act, 1992
10. Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003
11. Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000
12. Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006
13. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
14. Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
15. Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956
Laws relating to marriage & divorce
1. Anand Marriage Act, 1909
2. Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
3. Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act, 1886
4. Bangalore Marriages Validating Act, 1936
5. Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
6. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
7. Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
8. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
9. Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
10. Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
11. Indian Divorce Act, 1869
12. Indian Divorce Amendment Bill, 2001
13. Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
14. Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
15. Marriages Validation Act, 1892
16. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
17. Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936
18. Special Marriages Act,1954
Laws relating to maintenance
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
1. Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents under section 125
2. Procedure to be followed under section 125
3. Alteration in allowance under section 125
4. Enforcement of the order of maintenance
Laws relating to property, succession, inheritance, guardianship & adoption
1. Guardians & Wards Act, 1890
2. Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
3. Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928
4. Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956
5. Hindu Succession Act, 1956
6. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
7. Indian Succession Act, 1925
8. Indian Succession (Amendment) Act, 2002
9. Married Women's Property Act, 1874
10. Married Women's Property (Extension) Act, 1959
Laws relating to abortion
1. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
2. Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994
3. Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2001
4. Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2002
Laws relating to working women
1. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
2. Maternity Benefit Act,1961
Laws relating to charitable homes & orphanages
1. Orphanages & Other Charitable Homes (Supervision & Control) Act, 1960
2. Women's & Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
Other laws
1. Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
2. Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
3. Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2000
4. Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
See also
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 for law on
1. dowry death
2. causing miscarriage or miscarriage without the woman's consent
3. death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
4. assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty
5. rape
6. kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage
7. preventing a child from being born alive or causing its death after birth
8. causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
9. concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
10. abandoning of child under 12 years of age
11. procreation of minor girl
12. importation of girl from foreign country
13. selling minor for purpose of prostitution
14. buying minor for purpose of prostitution
15. intercourse by man with his wife during separation
16. intercourse by public servant with a woman in his custody
17. intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
18. intercourse by a member of management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
19. cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
20. marrying again during lifetime of spouse
21. concealment of former marriage
22. fraudulent marriage ceremony without lawful marriage
23. adultery
24. enticing, detaining or taking away with criminal intent a married woman
25. husband or relative of a husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
26. word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a women
27. assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty
