Section 295: Prohibition of taking or disfiguring photograph of any person without his or her consent

1) No person shall, without consent of another person, take a photograph of that other person or make another photograph by mixing other’s photograph with the photograph of that other person.

Provided that a person who, while taking a photograph of any public place, happens to take also a photograph of any person remaining in such place shall not be considered to commit the offence under this Section.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or both the sentences.

3) No person shall make a disfigured photograph by mixing some part of one’s photograph with another part of other’s photograph or in any other manner or publish such disfigured photograph.

4) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (3) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences.