Insult to woman's modesty treated as criminal conduct when words, gestures or intrusion occur with insulting intent, punishable by imprisonment and fine. The provision criminalises uttering words, making sounds or gestures, or exhibiting objects, or intruding upon a woman's privacy, when done with intent to insult her modesty; it treats intent to insult and privacy intrusion as essential elements and prescribes simple imprisonment and a fine as punishment.
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Insult to woman's modesty treated as criminal conduct when words, gestures or intrusion occur with insulting intent, punishable by imprisonment and fine.
The provision criminalises uttering words, making sounds or gestures, or exhibiting objects, or intruding upon a woman's privacy, when done with intent to insult her modesty; it treats intent to insult and privacy intrusion as essential elements and prescribes simple imprisonment and a fine as punishment.
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