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PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 638 PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 638 ACT XXX OF 2021 ANTI-RAPE (INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL) ACT, 2021 An Act to ensure expeditious redressal of rape and sexual abuse crimes in respect of women and children through special investigation teams and special Courts providing for efficacious procedures, speedy trial, evidence and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; [Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary, Part I, 4th December, 2021] No. F. 22(3)/2021-Legis, dated 3.12.2021.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 1st December, 2021 is hereby published for general information:- It is hereby enacted as follows:- 4. Anti-rape crisis cells.---(1) the secretary, ministry of law and justice, in consultation with the chief secretary of the province or the chief commissioner of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), as the case may be, shall establish or designate as many anti-rape crisis cells throughout the country in relation to offences mentioned in Schedule-II, in such public hospitals with adequate medical facilities, as he may deem fit. (2) The anti-rape crisis cells shall be headed by the concerned commissioner or deputy commissioner of the area, as deemed fit by the secretary, ministry of law and justice, in consultation with the chief secretary of the province, or the chief commissioner ICT, as the case may be, and shall also comprise the medical superintendent of the public hospital designated under sub section (1), preferably one independent support adviser, a police officer as deemed fit by the secretary, ministry of law and justice, in consultation with the chief secretary of the province, or the chief commissioner ICT, as the case may be: Provided that at least one member of the anti-rape crisis cell shall preferably be a woman.