Section 206: Outrage against public and religious morality

206. Outrage against public and religious morality (1) (a) Any person who – (i) by any writing which is sold, put up for sale, published, distributed, posted up, circulated, exhibited, exposed, broadcast or transmitted through the internet or in any public place, meeting or procession; (ii) by words, gestures, exclamations or threats used through the internet or in any public place, meeting or procession, commits any outrage against any religion, or against good morals or against public and religious morality (la morale publique et religieuse), shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years and to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. Acts 2018 77 (b) Matters of opinion on religious questions, decently expressed or written, shall not be deemed to be an outrage. (2) Any writing or any copy of such writing in respect of, or in connection with, which an offence has been committed under this section shall be forfeited and destroyed, or deleted, as the case may be. (3) In this section – “broadcast” means using radio communication, whether by sound or vision, for reception by members of the public; “electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities; “internet” means a publicly accessible system of global interconnected computer networks which uses the Internet Protocol as its communication protocol to provide a variety of information and communication facilities; “writing” – (a) means any newspaper, pamphlet, drawing, engraving, picture, illustration, placard, handbill, emblem, image, printed matter or any other written work; and (b) includes – (i) any writing by electronic means; or (ii) any communication, whether in the form of speech or other sound. (b) by repealing section 282 and replacing it by the following section –