The act is to punish the persons for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as brothel, for living on the earnings of prostitution and for procuring, inducing or taking persons for the sake of prostitution.
According to this act, any person who keeps or manages a brothel, shall be punishable with punishment for 1 to 5 years and also with a fine of Rs.2000/-, any adult who lives on the earnings of the prostitution shall be punishable with imprisonment for 2 years or with fine of Rs.1000/- or both and any person who procures, induces or takes a person to carry on prostitution shall be punishable on conviction with rigorous imprisonment for 3 to 7 years and also with fine of Rs.2000/- and if the offence is committed against the will of the victim the punishment of imprisonment will be for 7-14 years.