Women And Child-Related Features Of New Criminal Laws

• The three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSB), include 37 sections addressing crimes against women and children.

• The Assam Police Department remains committed to ensuring people's safety and security.

1. Engaging in sexual activity under false promise or disguised identity is now a criminal act (Section 69 BNS)

2. Medical practitioners must send the medical report of a rape victim to the investigating officer within 7 days (Section 51(3) BNSS)

3. Crimes against women and children are now gender-neutral for both victims and perpetrators (Section 2 BNSS)

4. Gang rape of a girl under 18 years old is punishable by life imprisonment or death (Section 70 BNS)