Police have sent a proposal to the Home Ministry seeking the power to fine a person affected by a government lockdown to prevent coronavirus infection by disobeying a government order and failing to help eradicate the disease.
Sources at the police headquarters on Tuesday (April 13) confirmed the proposed amendment to the law.
Police have proposed amendments to the Infectious Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act of 2017. A proposal to amend several sections of the law has been sent to the Home Ministry by the police. From there it will go to the Law Ministry on approval. However, the ministry did not say whether the law would be amended by April 13.
Police have sent a proposal to the Home Ministry seeking the power to fine a person affected by a government lockdown to prevent coronavirus infection by disobeying a government order and failing to help eradicate the disease.
Sources at the police headquarters on Tuesday (April 13th) confirmed the proposed amendment to the law.
Police have proposed amendments to the Infectious Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act of 2017. A proposal to amend several sections of the law has been sent to the Home Ministry by the police. From there it will go to the law ministry on approval. However, the ministry did not say whether the law would be amended by April 13.
The letter was sent by AIG (Planning and Research) at the police headquarters Abdur Razzak on behalf of IGP Dr. Benazir Ahmed.
In addition to imposing fines, all government restrictions on the public are effective, including quarantine, to increase capacity in infectious disease prevention activities. Although the law protects against infectious diseases, the proposed amendment refers to coronavirus infection in most places.
The comment section of the amendment proposal said, "Police and RAB implemented various decisions including lockdown and quarantine during the corona period." However, they do not have the ability to run the campaign. So the police often have to deal with legal complications and embarrassing situations to do many kinds of work in the field. Therefore, we have asked the police to increase the capacity of infectious disease prevention operations and to impose direct fines in the proposed amendment to the law.
If a person commits any crime under this Act (Infectious Diseases Act-2018), he will be fined up to Tk. 10,000. If a person refuses to pay the fine, the police officer can hand over the person to a competent magistrate court with a written complaint.
Crimes and jail-fines under this law
Article 24 (1) of the Act states that if a person contributes to the spread or spread of an infectious disease or conceals the risk of infection from another person when he comes in contact with an infected person or facility despite knowing that the disease is present in the body, then that act will be treated as . Section 2 states that if a person commits an offense under sub-section (1), he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (six) months or with a fine not exceeding one (one) lakh rupees or with both.
Section 25 (1) states that if any person obstructs or obstructs the performance of any duty assigned to the Director General, Civil Surgeon or authorized officer and (b) the Director General, Civil Surgeon or authorized person for prevention, control and eradication of infectious diseases It is a crime to refuse to follow any instructions of the officer.
Article 26 states that if a person intentionally gives false or incorrect information despite knowing the correct information about an infectious disease, then such act of that person will be considered as a crime. 2 states that if a person commits an offense under sub-section 1, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or with a fine not exceeding Tk. 25,000 or with both.
Section 27 states that the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply to the filing, investigation, trial and disposal of any offense under this Act.
The police do not have the authority to jail or fine those people for committing crimes under this law. The law stipulates that only certain Directors Generals and Civil Surgeons can do that. Under the law, the police have sought the power to impose fines, so that law enforcement can play a more effective role in curbing coronation and enforcing health laws. AIG (Planning and Research) at the police headquarters Abdur Razzak.
In addition to imposing fines, all government restrictions on the public are effective, including quarantine, to increase capacity in infectious disease prevention activities. Although the law protects against infectious diseases, the proposed amendment refers to coronavirus infection in most places.
Article 24 (1) of the Act states that if a person contributes to the spread or spread of an infectious disease or conceals the risk of infection from another person when he comes in contact with an infected person or facility despite knowing that the disease is present in the body, then that act is a crime will be treated as. Section 2 states that if a person commits an offense under sub-section (1), he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (six) months or with a fine not exceeding Tk.one (one) lakh or with both.
Section 25 (1) states that if any person obstructs or obstructs the performance of any duty assigned to the Director Generals, Civil Surgeons or authorized officer and (b) the Director General, Civil Surgeon or authorized person for prevention, control and eradication of infectious diseases It is a crime to refuse to follow any instructions of the officer.
Article 26 states that if a person intentionally gives false or incorrect information despite knowing the correct information about an infectious disease, then such act of that person will be considered as a crime. Section 2 states that if a person commits an offense under sub-section 1, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or with a fine not exceeding Tk. 25,000 or with both.
Section 27 states that the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply to the filing, investigation, trial and disposal of any offense under this Act.
The police do not have the authority to jail or fine those people for committing crimes under this law. The law stipulates that only certain Director Generals and Civil Surgeons can do that. Under the law, the police have sought the power to impose fines, so that law enforcement can play a more effective role in curbing corona and enforcing health laws.