Which of the following statements about the Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2018 is are correct 1 I...........

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Which of the following statements about the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 is/are correct?

1. It amends the IPC, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act only.

2. It enhances the minimum punishment of rape of a woman from seven to 10 years.

3. It provides for death sentence for those convicts raping girls aged below 16 years of age.

4. It provides for investigation to be completed within two months from the registration of an

FIR.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

1, 2, 3 and 4

2, 3 and 4

1, 2 and 4

2 and 4

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Explanation:

Fourth option is correct.

It amends not just the CrPC, IPC and Indian Evidence Act but also the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act too. The third statement is incorrect because the death penalty is exclusively for the rape of the girls of age or below 12 years.

The Bill amends the IPC, 1860 to increase the minimum punishment for rape of women from seven years to ten years.
Rape and gang rape of girls below the age of 12 years will carry minimum imprisonment of twenty years and is extendable to life imprisonment or death.
Rape of girls below the age of 16 years is punishable with imprisonment of twenty years or life imprisonment.