SANGSAD BHABAN, June 25, 2019 (BSS) – A bill, titled “The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (amendment) Act, 2002” was placed in the parliament today with a view to increase the tenure of the act and maintaining the law and order situation of the country.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan placed the bill and it was sent to the respective standing committee for further examination.
The committee was asked to submit its report within seven days.
The original Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act was first framed in 2002. The trial of some offences disrupting the law and order situation like extortion, disrupting traffic movement, vandalism, tender manipulation, giving threats, mugging, terrorising people as well as vandalism of public and immovable properties will come under the purview of the amended law as in the existing one.
According to the amended draft law, the home minister said anyone responsible for committing crimes disrupting law and order will face minimum two years and maximum seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with fine.
In the existing law, the punishment is minimum two years’ imprisonment and maximum five years’ imprisonment.
Earlier, the government extended the tenure of the act for six times totaling fifteen years.
Later, the government extended the tenure of the act for five years on April 7 in 2014 and the tenure expired on April 9, 2019.