Pornography Control Act 2011

Description

The cabinet approved on 2 January a law to clamp down on pornography with a provision to jail offenders for up to 10 years. The draft Pornography Control Act 2011 includes another provision of slapping Tk 500,000 fine. It also
includes provisions to punish offenders with different terms in jail and different amounts of fine.

The act provides for punishing those who will give false information and file false charges,They will be awarded up to three-year jail term. The act bans production, preservation, transportation and marketing of any kind of pornography.
Such crimes will be tried in a special court or tribunal.

Pornography has spread in society like a disease, and the law has been made to protect youths and the honour of innocent women.