The Cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle the draft of Road Transport (Amendment) Act, 2024, reducing penalty mostly pecuniary ones for a good number of offences as well as making offences under two more clauses as bailable one, reports UNB.
The approval came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the city.
"The penalties for offences in 12 clauses have been changed in the proposed law," said Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain while briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat.
Besides, crimes under two more clauses (84 and 98), which are now as non-bailable have been made bailable offences, keeping crimes under only the single clause (105) of the law has been kept as non-bailable one in the draft law, he said.
The existing Road Transport Act 2018 is being amended in line with the recommendations of the National Road Safety Council, he added.
According to the draft law, the crimes related to serious injuries or killing (under the clause 105) of a man caused by motor- vehicle driving would be treated as non-bailable offences.
The crimes for violation of directives related to technical specification and arrangement (under the Clause-84) and the offenses related to loss of lives and properties caused by driving with over-speed, overloading, risky overtaking or without control would be considered as bailable crimes.
New Road Transport Act to reduce penalties
FE Team | Published: March 14, 2024 00:21:00
New Road Transport Act to reduce penalties
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