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Section 509

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
Section 509 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
509.Word or gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman

Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 509]

Section 509 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
509.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]