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Replace rape with sexual assault, cabinet proposes
Friday July 20, 2012 12:34:34 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In order
to make rape laws gender neutral, the government has cleared a
proposal to substitute the term "sexual assault" in place of
"rape" and widen the scope of the offence in the Criminal Law
(Amendment) Bill, 2012, it was announced Friday.
The union cabinet Thursday approved the proposal for the bill
which will be introduced in the parliament in the coming monsoon
session.
The age of consent has been raised from 16 years to 18 years in
case of sexual assault and the punishment will be minimum seven to
10 years, said officials.
The bill proposes that sexual intercourse by a man with his wife
under 16 years of age is not sexual assault.
Provision for enhancement of punishment for making acid attack a
specific offence have been made in the bill.
The Law Commission of India in its 172nd Report on Review of Rape
Laws as well the National Commission for Women had recommended
stringent punishment for the offence of rape.
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