No person shall, by words, either spoken or written, publish, propagate, advocate or communicate by signs or by visible representation or otherwise the feelings of hatred against any protected persons or group of protected person in general or specifically or disseminate, broadcast or display any information, advertisement or notice, which may reasonably be construed to demonstrate an intention to propagate hatred or which is likely to expose protected persons to hatred, discrimination or physical violence.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Prohibition of discrimination.Section 5 · Informed consent for undertaking HIV test or treatment.Section 6 · Informed consent not required for conducting HIV tests in certain cases.Section 7 · Guidelines for testing centres, etc.Section 8 · Disclosure of HIV status.Section 9 · Disclosure of HIV-positive status to partner of HIV-positive person.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-11-29. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.