The parliament on Sunday passed the Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018 in an amended form keeping a provision of maximum five years imprisonment and Taka 50,000 as fines for demanding dowry.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki moved the bill in the House, which was passed unanimously by voice votes with Deputy Speaker Fazley Rabbi Mia in the chair, reports BSS.
Piloting the bill, the state minister said the proposed bill will replace the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980 and amend the three subsequent ordinances promulgated on 1982, 1984 and 1986.
At the same time, the proposed bill has also incorporated a provision of five years jail and Tk50,000 as fines for filling false case against the dowry as the new provision was not included in the previous act, she said.
Earlier, the parliament sent the bill to the parliamentary standing committee on July 25 in 2018 for vetting.
