{"id":53458,"date":"2018-07-31T14:49:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53458"},"modified":"2018-07-31T14:49:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:19:34","slug":"death-for-child-rape-lok-sabha-passes-criminal-law-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-for-child-rape-lok-sabha-passes-criminal-law-amendment-bill","title":{"rendered":"Death for Child Rape : Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Law Amendment Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, July 30, the Lok Sabha passed Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill making rape of girl below the age of twelve years an offence punishable with death.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"53459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/death-for-child-rape-lok-sabha-passes-criminal-law-amendment-bill\/attachment\/7\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?fit=960%2C543&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,543\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?fit=640%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53459 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bill seeks to amend provisions of Indian Penal Code(IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure, Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). 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