Speedy Trial Act to stay five more years
The cabinet yesterday extended the Speedy Trial Act -- that deals with serious crimes such as extortion, vandalism and tender manipulation -- for another five years, till 2024.
The cabinet approved the draft of “Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2019” with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam told journalists.
A bill was passed in 2014 to amend the law and extend it to remain effective till April 7, 2019.
The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) Act was first promulgated in 2002, by the then BNP-led government for a period of two years.
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