Death penalty for rape: Ordinance to be promulgated tomorrow, says law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said an ordinance will be promulgated tomorrow on the amendment of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, incorporating the provision of death penalty for rape so that the law can be applied quickly. 

"The cabinet today approved the proposal for amending the Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Ain incorporating the provision for death penalty or [the existing] life imprisonment for rape, subject to its vetting. As the parliament session is not running at present, the government is preparing to issue an ordinance tomorrow under the president's order," Anisul Huq said at a press briefing at his residential office in Gulshan this afternoon.

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