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BGD-2018-L-110029
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Digital Security Act, 2018.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bangladesh
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018-10-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act is enacted to ensure National Digital Security and enact laws regarding Digital Crime Identification, Prevention, Suppression, Trial and other related matters.
Of note: the Act includes a jail sentence of up to 14 years for any "propaganda or campaign against liberation war, cognition of liberation war, father of the nation, National Anthem or National Flag" (Section 21). Section 31(1) provides that a person may be jailed for up to 10 years if the "destroy any communal harmony or create unrest or disorder".
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Bangladesh Government’s Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT)
URL
https://www.cirt.gov.bd/
File
BGD110029.pdf (PDF)