The Cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of Cyber Security Act, 2023 which will replace the existing Digital Security Act.
The approval came from the Cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the city with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
“In the draft law, the offenses under four sections – 17, 19, 27 and 33, have been made non-bailable,” Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said while briefing reporters at the Secretariat here in this afternoon after the meeting.
Replying to a query, he said the trial procedure of the ongoing cases filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) will be run following the same law.
The cabinet secretary said that the meeting also gave final approval to the draft of ‘Jatiya Sangsad (Women’s Reserved Seat) Election (Amendment) Act, 2023.
In the proposed law, Mahbub said, the amount of security deposit for contesting in women’s reserved seats of the Jatiya Sangsad has been increased to Taka 20,000 from the existing Taka 10,000.বিস্তারিত