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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.
This Amendment Act was passed 9 June 1988. The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1988 declared, among others, that Islam shall be state religion (Article 2A) and also decentralised the judiciary by setting up six permanent benches of the High Court Division outside Dhaka (Article 100). Anwar Hussain . Vs.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University of Science and Technology, Pirojpur Act, 2022; Bangladesh National Museum Act, 2022; Local Government (Municipality) (Amendment) Act, 2022; Bangladesh Patent Act, 2022; Boiler Act, 2022; Mongla Port Authority Act, 2022; Chittagong Port Authority Act, 2022; Trade Organization Act, 2022
Supposedly criminalised, but not specifically mentioned, by 1860 Indian Penal Code, 1973 Criminal Procedure Code and 2012 POCSO Act. [17] Indonesia: General criminal provision: 2024: Criminalised in 2006, [22] medicalised in 2010, then recriminalised in 2014 but without punishments. [23] Further ban enacted in 2024. [24] [25] Iran: Specific ...
The Bangladesh Abandoned Property (Control, Management and Disposal) Order, 1972 (President's Order) The Bangladesh (Adaptation of Insurance Act) Order, 1972 (President's Order) The Bangladesh Bank (Demonetisation of Currency Notes) Order, 1972 (President's Order) The Bangladesh Constituent Assembly Members (Cessation of Membership) Order, 1972 ...
Bangladesh Italian Marble Works Ltd. v. Government of Bangladesh is a case of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. In a significant verdict in 2010, the court overturned the fifth amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh made in 1979; and strengthened the secular democratic character of the Bangladeshi republic.
In 2022, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called for the law to be repealed along with Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009 and Digital Security Act, 2018. [9] Bangladesh Nationalist Party has also called for the removal of the law. [4] [10] An editorial in The Daily Star described the law as "draconian" used by governments to harass their political ...
The Penal Code of Bangladesh is the official criminal code of Bangladesh.It is based on the Indian Penal Code enacted in 1860 by the Governor General-in-Council. It is similar to the penal codes of countries formerly part of the British Empire in South and Southeast Asia, including Singapore, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.