The Cyber Security Bill 2023 was placed in parliament on Tuesday, keeping offences under four of its sections non-bailable.
If passed, it will replace the Digital Security Act, in which offences under 14 sections are non-bailable.
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak placed the Bill, and it was sent to the relevant 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, cyberterrorism, and hacking-related crimes.
In the draft law, offences under the remaining sections are bailable.
Intrusion into important information infrastructures and others are in Section 17, while damaging computers and computer systems are in Section 19, cyberterrorism is 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 for it is incorporated in the proposed law.
In the draft Cyber Security Act, offences and punishment provisions are cited in Sections 17-33.
