If any person demands, directly or indirectly, from the parents or other relatives or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months, but which may extend to two years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees:
Provided that the Court may, for adequate and special reasons
to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of
imprisonment for a term of less than six months.
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* Subs. by Act 63 of 1984, s. 4, for section 4 (w.e.f. 2-10-1985)
Section 3 Penalty for giving or taking dowry
Section 4 Penalty for demanding dowry
Section 4A Ban on advertisement, Section 5 Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void
Section 6 Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs
Section 7 cognizance of offences
Section 8B Dowry Prohibition Officers
Section 10 Power of the State Government to make rules
Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Indian Evidence Act Relevant Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the Bride and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985