Provision of punishment for filing false case

'The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018', was placed in the parliament yesterday, incorporating a new provision of punishment for filing any false case.

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze placed the bill in the House which was sent to the parliamentary standing committee on women and children for further examination. The committee was asked to submit its report within 30 working days.

As per the new provision of the proposed law, the punishment for filing any false case will be maximum five years in prison or maximum Tk 50,000 as fine or both.

Another provision has been changed only to specify the amount of monetary punishment for demanding or giving dowry in the proposed law as no specific financial punishment is mentioned in the existing law.

According to the provision, anyone demanding or giving dowry will have to face maximum five years imprisonment, which will not be less than one year jail term or maximum Tk 50,000 as fine or both.