Cyber Crime Bill Passes Unanimously by Senate Standing Comm
Cyber Crime by Fashion on July 29, 2016 in tech news Cyber Crime Bill Passes Unanimously by Senate Standing Com mittee The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Tuesday unanimously passed the amended “Electronic Crime Bill 2016” which provides more safeguards and trims down the powers of investigation agencies and Authority . Before passing the Bill, the committee succeeded in developing consensus among all stakeholders including IT Ministry, government, Opposition parties, investigation agency, media, civil society and NGOs. The Bill has been submitted to the Senate of Pakistan, which will pass it during the current week. After getting passed from Senate, bill will be sent back to the National Assembly as amendments are being made in the Bill. The Bill would become a law following that. According to amended bill, children under the age of 10 years would have immunity and the proposed leg...