Lower House of Indian Parliament passes 3 criminal law bills replacing IPC, CrPc, Evidence Act

The lower house of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) on Wednesday (December 20) passed three amended criminal law bills with some new amendments introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The three bills passed are the Indian Civil Defense (II) Code, the Indian Civil Defense (II) Code and the Indian Evidence (II) Code which will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act respectively. ,

During the debate on the bills, Shah said the proposed laws have a clear definition of terrorism, eliminate treason as a crime and introduce a new section titled “offences against the state”. Organized crime, terrorism and murder by a group of five or more people on the basis of race, language or personal belief have been added as crimes.

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Shah said the previous laws reflected the colonial mentality and the amended laws would be in line with ‘Indian thinking’. Shah said, “The three new bills attempt to establish a justice system based on Indian thinking.

The three proposed criminal laws will free people from the colonial mindset and its symbols.” “For the first time, the criminal justice system will have a human touch. Until we repeal these old laws, we are still following the laws made by the UK government.

We still use English words like Her Majesty, British Kingdom, The Crown, Barrister. , rulers after 75 years of independence,” he said. The bills were passed, while 97 opposition MPs remained suspended and stayed away from all important proceedings. The three bills were first introduced in the House during the monsoon session of Parliament in August.

The Indian Civil Defense (Second) Code will now have 531 sections, which were 533 sections in the first bill. The Indian Evidence Bill is unchanged and has 170 sections. Of these, 23 sections have been taken from the Indian Evidence Act.