Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of 21 years any such obscene object as is referred to in section 292, or offers or attempts to do so, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 293 — Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person
As in force on 1 April 2015.
Timeline 4 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
- 1 April 2015 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Act 21 of 2025
[Indian PC 1860, s. 293]