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......................................................................................................................... Contents Division I - On Dowry 1. The Dowry 2. Dowry Death and the Law 3. Dowry Death and Punishment 4. Dowry Death : Violation of Right to Life 5. Social Engineering Through Anti-Dowry Laws 6. Dowry Death and Criminal Law Division II - The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 1. Short title, extent and commencement 2. Definition of Dowry 3. Penalty for giving or taking dowry 4. Penalty for demanding dowry 4A. Ban on Advertisement 5. Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void 6. Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs 7. Cognizance of offence 8. Offence to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be non-bailable and non-compoundable 8A. Burden of proof in certain cases 8B. Dowry Prohibition Officers 9. Power to make rules 10. Power of State Government to make rules Division III - Dowry Death, Cruelty And Harassment 1. General 2. Strangulation, Drowning and Throttling 3. Death by Poison 4. Dying Declaration in Suicidal Homicide and Dowry Death Cases 5. Witnesses 6. First Information Report 7. Investigation 8. Expert and Medical Opinion 9. Recording of Confessions and Statements 10. Evidence in Inquiries and Trials 11. Presumption as to Dowry Death 12. Dowry Death 13. Abetment of Suicide 14. Presumption as to Abetment of Suicide by Married Woman 15. Power to Examine the Accused 16. Circumstantial Evidence and Dowry Death 17. Cruelty, Harassment by Husband or Relatives 18. Entrustment of Dowry Articles (Stridhan) - By Husband and in-Laws 19. Remand 20. Procedure to be followed when there is a Complaint Case and Police Investigation in Respect of the same Offence 21. Murder - Eye-witness Account Corroborative of Medical Report and Post-Mortem Report 22. Framing of Charge Division IV - Central And State Dowry Prohibition Rules 1. The Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the Bride and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985 2. The Dowry Prohibition (Chandigarh) Rules, 1999 3. The Chhattisgarh Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2004 4. The Gujarat Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2003 5. The Madhya Pradesh Dowry Prohibition Rules, 2004 6. The Punjab Dowry Prohibition Rules, 1999 7. The Rajasthan Dowry Prohibition Rules, 1999 Division V - Appendices Appendix I - The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 II - The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006 Subject Index .........................................................................................................................
