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From: Anees Mohammed
Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Dear Colleagues,
The NAC has come out with the working group's draft "Prevention of Communal & Targetted Violence Bill". I have attached the draft bill here for your ready reference.
The draft is by far a much improved one than all its earlier versions.
Some of the higlights of this draft is as follows:
* Definition of Communal / Targetted Violence enhanced to include:
1. Sexual assault
2. Hate propaganda
3. Organized Communal and Targeted Violence
4. Aiding financially, materially or in kind for commission of offence under this Act
5. Set of exisitng Offence under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 namely 153, 153B, 295, 298 among others
6. Torture by a public servant
* No more need to declare an area as :Communally Disturbed" for enforcing its provision
* Power to the Centre to intervene invoking Art 355 in needed.
* In case where the victim belongs to SC/ST, this act will be in addition to the existing SC/ST Atrocities Act.
* Separate chapter on Prevention
* Formation of National Authority & State Authorities for Communal harmony, justice & reparation with additonal power equivalent to a Civil Court
The bill can also be downloaded from the link:
http://nac.nic.in/pdf/pctvb_amended.pdf
The NAC has also invited suggestion in the draft till 4th June 2011. The suggestions can be emailed to wgcvb@nac.nic.in
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