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Union Cabinet on Saturday has passed the ordinance on death for child rapists in Delhi.
Delhi: Union cabinet on Saturday has approved ordinance to award death Penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years here.
Official sources said here that the criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce a new provision to sentence convicts of such crimes punishment of death
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The move comes against the backdrop of the alleged rape and murder of girls in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and Gujarat's Surat district recently
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The ordinance would be now sent to the President for his approval. (PTI)