Section 99 BNS: Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.

Section 99 of the BNS corresponds to Section 373 of the IPC.

BNS section: 99

IPC equivalent: Section 373

Category: Contempt & Public Justice

Minimum mandatory punishment is introduced as seven years, and the upper limit of imprisonment is extended up to fourteen years in BNS, in place of ten years in IPC. Words 'any person under the age of eighteen years' are replaced by the word \