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In 2019, the POCSO Act was amended and made more stringent, the amendment raised minimum punishment for penetrative assault from 7 to 10 years and 20 years if the victim was below 16 years in age, with a maximum punishment of life imprisonment with a provision for the death penalty for aggravated penetrative assault. [17] [18] [19]
It was comprehensively amended in 2015 (including renumbering sub-sections of Section 3), and notified on 26 January 2016. It was subsequently amended in 2018 and 2019. The rules were notified on 31 March 1995. They were comprehensively amended and notified on 14 April 2016. There were a few amendments to the rules and annexures in 2018.
The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2018, amended the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. [122] [123] The Act amends the IPC to allow for the death penalty as punishment for rape of girls below the age of 12 years. The deadline for ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care procedures for all active-duty service members in a memo that was addressed to senior Pentagon leadership ...
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 [9] This last Amendment was enacted after POTA was withdrawn by the Parliament. However, in the Amendment Act in 2004, most of provisions of POTA were re-incorporated. In 2008, after Mumbai attacks, it was further strengthened. The most recent amendment has been done in 2019.
The first new moon of the year is here! This month's new moon peaks at 4:26 a.m. PT on Jan. 29, darkening our night skies just a few weeks after the radiant Wolf Moon dazzled the cosmos with its ...
July 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 ( AVAA ) ( Pub. L. 115–299 (text) (PDF) ) is a United States federal law that changes how federal courts determine the amount of restitution victims of child pornography offenses receive. [ 1 ]
Prelogar said the court shouldn’t do that unless TikTok was likely to win based on its First Amendment claim of a right to distribute its content. But she said that was unlikely because it wasn ...