JS passes dowry prohibition bill, 2018 keeping 5 years jail for demanding dowry

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SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 16, 2018 (BSS) – The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the Dowry
Prohibition Bill, 2018 in an amended form keeping a provision of maximum five years
imprisonment and Taka 50,000 as fines for demanding dowry.

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki moved the bill in the
House, which was passed unanimously by voice votes with Deputy Speaker Fazley Rabbi Mia in
the chair.

Piloting the bill, the state minister said the proposed bill will replace the Dowry Prohibition Act,
1980 and amend the three subsequent ordinances promulgated on 1982, 1984 and 1986.

At the same time, the proposed bill has also incorporated a provision of five years jail and Taka
50,000 as fines for filling false case against the dowry as the new provision was not included in
the previous act, she said.

Earlier, the Jatiya Sangsad sent the bill to the parliamentary standing committee on July 25 in
2018 for providing report.