SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018
Minimum punishment for rape increased to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment, extendable to life
Minimum punishment for rape of a girl under 16 increased to 20 years, extendable to imprisonment for rest of life
Punishment for rape of a girl under 12 is minimum 20 years’ imprisonment, or imprisonment for rest of life, or death
Investigations have to be completed in 2 months. Trials have to be completed in 2 months and appeals in 6 months
NCRB to maintain a national database of sex offenders
No provision for anticipatory bail in the case of rape of a girl under 16 years of age
FUGITIVE ECONOMIC OFFENDERS ORDINANCE, 2018
Provision for an application before a special court for declaration of an individual as a fugitive economic offender
Attachment of the property of a fugitive economic offender and proceeds of crime
Issuing of a notice by the special court to the individual alleged to be a fugitive economic offender
Confiscation of property of an individual declared as a fugitive economic offender or even the proceeds of crime
Disentitlement of the fugitive economic offender from defending any civil claim
Appointment of an administrator to manage and dispose of the confiscated property