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Register of sex offenders
Act: Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021
Section Provisions
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:- 24. Register of sex offenders.---(1) The National Data-Base and Registration Authority (NADRA) shall prepare a register of sex offenders. Explanation.---"sex offender" means a person convicted of a scheduled offence. (2) Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the ministry of law and justice may prescribe rules, upon the recommendations of the special committee, for the release of such data of the register of sex offenders to any person, agency, authority, court of law or segment of the society in public interest and safety. (3) The special committee may require the NADRA to prepare different categories of sex offenders in the register under this section. (4) For the purposes of this section, the special committee may require the NADRA, the National Police Bureau and the forensic science laboratories, to prepare different categories of sex offenders in the register.