President gives assent to CrPC (Amendment) Bill, 2022
Pakistan
In the bill, section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 has been amended.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday gave his assent to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
In the bill, section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 has been amended. The president gave his assent under Article 75 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Earlier, President Dr Arif Alvi also accorded his assent to the Access to the Media (Deaf) Persons Act, 2022.
The Act provides that after six months of the commencement of the Act, the government shall not allow to broadcast any news bulletin on the national broadcaster, state or private run electronic media, private television channels, cable TV or any other broadcast media without Pakistan sign language interpreters, a President House press release said.
The Act also provided that after one year of the commencement of the Act, the government shall not allow to broadcast any program, entertainment, advertisement, talk show, drama, film or any other pictorial segment on the national broadcaster, media, private television channels, cable TV or any other broadcast media without Pakistan sign language interpreters.
The Act provides that the government and private owned media houses, within six months shall appoint Pakistan sign language interpreters for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
The Act shall come into force at once and shall extend to the whole of Pakistan.
