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passed in Lok Sabha
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 enhances maximum punishment to death
penalty in cases of rape of girls under 12 years of age. The new law also mandates
that the probe in such cases mush finish within two months.
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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018, passed by the Lok Sabha on July 30, provides for death penalty for rape of a
child less than 12 years of age as maximum punishment. (Photo: Reuters)
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Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 gets LS nod
Bill proposes death penalty for rape of girl child under 12
Probe must finish within two months
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he Lok Sabha has passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 that proposes to

enhance punishment for rape of a child. The Bill provides for death penalty as the
maximum punishment in cases of rape of a child under 12. The Bill seeks to replace the
Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21 following an outcry over
the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the rape of
another woman at Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.
Responding to the passage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha on July 30, Minister of State for
Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that the POSCO was gender-neutral while the new law
pertains to girls specifically. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 will amend relevant
Sections of the IPC, CrPC and also POCSO Act.
What is new in the Bill?
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rape against girl children of all three age categories. Under new law, if the victim is under
12 years of age, the culprit faces minimum sentence of 20 years, up from 10 years
previously.
The maximum punishment is death penalty. In the cases of gangrape of child under 12,
the minimum punishment is life sentence (earlier 20 years) while the maximum is death
penalty.
In cases of child aged between 12 and 16, the offence of rape is punishable with the
minimum sentence of 20 years, up from 10 years. Maximum punishment in such cases is
life imprisonment. If a girl aged between 12 and 16 is gangraped, the convict faces
minimum punishment of life sentence.
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If the victim is aged between 16 and 18, the offence of rape is punishable with minimum
punishment of 10-year jail term and maximum is life imprisonment.
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Repeat offenders will be punished with life imprisonment or death.
The Bill provides for time-bound investigation in cases of rape of girl children. The
investigation into rape of a child must be completed within two months.
The case is to be tried in a fast track court. The Bill states that any appeal against a

sentence by the trial court must be disposed of within six months.
Accused is not entitled to anticipatory bail, under new law, in offences of rape of child less
than 16 years of age.
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