The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 was passed in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case wherein a female student was gang-raped in December 2012. The Act amended several provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and the Criminal Procedure Code.
What are the amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act of 1872?
Amendment of section 154. Amendment of section 160. Amendment of section 161. Amendment of section 164. of 1872. need for recording the same at the time of trial.". 17. In section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in sub-section (2), in sub-clause (h) of of section 173.
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What are the changes in Indian Criminal Procedure Act 1973?
It also amends sections 26, 54A, 154, 160, 161, 164, 173, 197, 273, 309, 327 and First Schedule of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It also inserts new sections 357B and 357C of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It also amends sections 114, 119 and 146 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872. It also inserts new sections 53A in Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
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What is Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013?
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 was passed in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case wherein a female student was gang-raped in December 2012. The Act amended several provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and the Criminal Procedure Code.
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What is Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2012?
2 of 1974. of 1872. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 4th December, 2012 in order to provide for stringent punishment for crimes against women, as also to provide for more victim friendly procedures in the trials of such cases.
Indian Legal system has been on that has gone through a lot of changes through time. This is due to political as well as social situation and standing of the country. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in its basic form, is the main legislation on procedure for administration of criminal law in India. It describes the procedure for the machinery for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person and the determination of punishment of the guilty.
Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013, an act of the Parliament of Queensland, aims to combat illegal activities of criminal gangs, including criminal [motorcycle] gangs, that is, significant types of organised crime in Queensland. The act was passed on 16 October 2013, and as of 17 October 2013, the Attorney-General of Queensland had indicated that the law had received Royal Assent and was in force. In 2016 it was repealed as part of the introduction of the Serious and Organised Crime Amendment Bill .
Criminal law amendment act 2013
The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2007 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that reformed and codified the law relating to sex offences. It repealed various common law crimes and replaced them with statutory crimes defined on a gender-neutral basis. It expanded the definition of rape, previously limited to vaginal sex, to include all non-consensual penetration; and it equalised the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex at 16. The act provides various services to the victims of sexual offences, including free post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, and the ability to obtain a court order to compel HIV testing of the alleged offender. It also created the National Register for Sex Offenders, which records the details of those convicted of sexual offences against children or people who are mentally disabled.
1885 law in the UK
Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, commonly known as the Labouchere Amendment, made gross indecency a crime in the United Kingdom. In practice, the law was used broadly to prosecute male homosexuals where actual sodomy could not be proven. The penalty of life imprisonment for sodomy was also so harsh that successful prosecutions were rare. The new law was much more enforceable. It was also meant to raise the age of consent for heterosexual intercourse. Section 11 was repealed and re-enacted by section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which in turn was repealed by the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised male homosexual behaviour.
