The highly anticipated Cyber Security Bill 2023 was placed in parliament on Tuesday, keeping offences under four of its sections non-bailable.
It is proposed to replace the much-talked-about Digital Security Act (DSA), in which offences under 14 sections were non-bailable.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak placed the bill and it was sent to the respective scrutiny committee for further examination. The committee was asked to submit its report within five days.
The four non-bailable offences are related to intrusion into key information infrastructures, damaging computers and computer systems, cyber terrorist activities, and hacking-related crimes.
In the draft law, the offences under four sections are non-bailable, while the offences under the remaining sections are bailable.
The intrusion into important information infrastructures and others are in section-17, while damaging computers and computer systems are in section-19, cyber terrorist acts and committing such crimes are in section-27, and hacking-related crimes are in section-33.
The already filed cases will run under the existing Digital Security Act as a provision was incorporated in the proposed law.
In the draft Cyber Security Act 2023, the offences and punishment provisions have been cited in sections 17-33.
