The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (POCSO Act) and its corresponding rules were enacted with the objective of protecting children from a slew of sexual offences and introducing child-friendly judicial mechanisms for dealing with such offences.
In this article, Team YLCC brings you the Top 50 Interview Questions from the statute. The following questions related to POCSO Act can be important from the point of view of interview as it talks about offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography. Read on!
- What are the primary laws against child sexual abuse in India?
- Is POCSO a gender-neutral law?
- Is there any compulsion of reporting abuse under the Act?
- Is there any time limit for reporting abuse under the POCSO Act?
- Which provisions of POCSO Act mandates confidentiality of the victim’s identity?
- What are new obligations under POCSO rules?
- When did The POCSO Act, 2012, come into force?
- Which section of The POCSO Act, 2012 deals with the Punishment for penetrative sexual assault?
- Which section of The POCSO Act, 2012 deals with Punishment for storage of pornographic material involving child?
- Which section of The POCSO Act, 2012 deals with the Punishment for using child for pornographic purposes?
- The police are required to report the matter of child sexual abuse to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) within how much time?
- Principles for the use of the Professionals and Experts assisting the child at pre-trial are?
- What can be the reasons for a child’s interrogation as per the POCSO Act?
- What is the meaning of penetrative sexual assault under POCSO?
- What comprises the special court under section 28?
- From which statute religious institutions is referred in the POCSO Act?
- What is the punishment prescribed in the POCSO Act for penetrative sexual assault?
- What is the difference between penetrative sexual assault and sexual assault?
- Is use of child for pornographic purpose through electronic media comes under the purview of POCSO Act?
- What is the punishment prescribed in the Act for the use of child for pornographic purpose?
- Which section deals with the offence of storage of pornographic material under POCSO Act?
- Where the statement of child can be recorded under POCSO Act?
- How many chapters are there in the POCSO Act?
- Whom shall be consulted by the state government for the setting up of special court under POCSO Act?
- Is storing of pornographic material for personal purpose an offence under POCSO Act?
- What is the purview of abetment under POCSO Act?
- Which chapter of POCSO Act deals with the abetment as an offence?
- Who can give information about any of the offence under POCSO Act?
- Where information can be given regarding the offence under the purview of POCSO Act?
- When is the need of translator under POCSO Act?
- What is the punishment of not reporting an offence under POCSO Act & who can be punished?
- What is the relaxation given in the POCSO Act pertaining to section 164 of code of criminal procedure,1973?
- Who should be present with the child during his/her medical examination under POCSO Act?
- On whom is the onus on to prove/disprove culpable mental state under POCSO Act?
- What is the provision for appointing a special public prosecutor?
- In which section procedure and powers of special court is defined?
- How the special court should try an offence?
- Will the orders of special court become invalid after the subsequent proof of wrong age under POCSO Act?
- What is the procedure in case of commission of offence by child and determination of age by special court?
- When can a special commission be issued under the provisions of POCSO Act?
- Till when can be the evidence of child under the provisions of POCSO Act?
- When the provisions from section 3 to 13 is not applicable under POCSO Act?
- Who have been given the responsibility to monitor the provisions of POCSO Act?
- When is the assistance of special educator can be taken under the provisions of POCSO Act?
- Who has the responsibility to prepare guidelines for the use of NGOs, professionals and experts?
- What should be ensured by the special court during trial?
- Which section of IT Act can be dealt by the special court under POCSO Act?
- Can a child be punished for giving false information or false complaint under the provisions of POCSO Act?
- Is in camera proceedings in the special court a mandatory procedure?
- What is the difference between special juvenile police and police?
YLCC would like to thank Utkarsh Sharma for his valuable contribution in this article.
