Legal Provisions of Section 366B of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Importation of girl from foreign country:
This section punishes importing a girl under twenty one years of age from a foreign country or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir with certain intention or knowledge. It says that whoever imports into India from any country outside India or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir any girl under twenty-one years of age with the intention that she may be either forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person or with the knowledge that it is likely that she will be either forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person, shall be punishable with imprisonment extending up to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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Importing a girl into India must be from a foreign country or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The girl must be under twenty-one years of age. The intention of the offender must be to force or seduce her to illicit intercourse with another person, or there must be knowledge on the part of the offender that it is likely that the girl would be forced or seduced to illicit intercourse.
This section, along with section 366-A, was added by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1923 to give effect to certain articles of International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children signed at Paris in 1910. This section, like section 366-A, does not state as to whether the imprisonment is simple or rigorous, and this is a lacuna in the section.
The offence under this section is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by court of session.