BANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS BORDER GUARD BANGLADESH ACT
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the draft of the Border Guard Bangladesh Act
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the draft of the Border Guard Bangladesh Act 2010 that contains a provision for capital punishment. A three-tier court system would replace the existing one-tier one. The new Special Border Guard Court would have the power to award capital punishment for mutiny, or instigating mutiny or similar offences.
The draft includes a provision of death penalty as maximum punishment, which was seven years' imprisonment for mutiny offences under the existing law.
The cabinet at a meeting on March 1 approved the draft act in principle and formed a six-member committee for scrutinising the proposed law.
The draft includes a provision of death penalty as maximum punishment, which was seven years' imprisonment for mutiny offences under the existing law.
The cabinet at a meeting on March 1 approved the draft act in principle and formed a six-member committee for scrutinising the proposed law.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Daily Star, 13/07/2010)