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Non-disclosure of identity of victims, etc
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:- 26. Non-disclosure of identity of victims, etc.---(1) No person shall disclose or reveal the identity of any victim or victim's family in respect of the scheduled offences, without prior written permission of the victim or victim's guardian where the victim is a minor or the victim's family, as the case may be. (2) Any person contravening the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as provided under section 376A of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860).