law: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
  2. Definitions.-
  1.  
  
    In
  
  this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
  a.   "aggravated
  
  penetrative sexual assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in
  
  section 5;
  b.   "aggravated
  
  sexual assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 9;
  c.   "aimed forces or
  
  security forces" means armed forces of the Union or security forces or
  
  police forces, as specified in the Schedule;
  d.   "child"
  
  means any person below the age of eighteen years;
  e.   "domestic
  
  relationship" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (f)
  
  of section 2 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
  f.   "penetrative
  
  sexual assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3;
  g.   "prescribed"
  
  
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  h.   "religious
  
  institution" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the
  
  Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1988;
  i.   "sexual
  
  assault" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 7;
  j.   "sexual
  
  harassment" has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 11;
  k.   "shared
  
  household" means a household where the person charged with the offence
  
  lives or has lived at any time in a domestic relationship with the child;
  l.   "Special
  
  Court" means a court designated as such under section 28;
  m.   "Special Public
  
  Prosecutor" means a Public Prosecutor appointed under section 32.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Indian
  
  Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Juvenile Justice (Care
  
  and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Information Technology Act, 2000
  
  shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the said Codes or the
  
  Acts.