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What are the violations in advertising in Indian Penal Code?

Dr KK Aggarwal & Advocate Ira Gupta, 16 February 2020
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Sec. 292(2) (d) of Indian Penal Code, 1860, makes it a punishable offence to publish, distribute, sell, hire or circulate any obscene advertisement.

Section 292 in The Indian Penal Code

260[292. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.— 261]

For the purposes of Sub-section (2), a book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting, representation, figure or any other object, shall be deemed to be obscene if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect, or (where it comprises two or more distinct items) the effect of any one of its items, is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt person, who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it.

262[(2)] Whoever—

sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, or for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation, makes, produces or has in his possession any obscene book, pamphlet paper, drawing, painting, representation or figure or any other obscene object whatsoever, or
imports, exports or conveys any obscene object for any of the purposes aforesaid, or knowing or having reason to believe that such object will be sold, let to hire, distributed or publicly exhibited or in any manner put into circulation, or
takes part in or receives profits from any business in the course of which he knows or has reason tobelieve that any such obscene objects are for any of the purposes aforesaid, made, produced, purchased, kept, imported, exported, conveyed, publicly exhibited or in any manner put into circulation, or
advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever that any person is engaged or is ready to engage in any act which is an offence under this section, or that any such obscene object can be procured from or through any person, or
offers or attempts to do any act which is an offence under this section, shall be punished 263[on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 2 years, and with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 5 years, and also with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees].