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28/07/23 06:45 AM IST

Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023

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  • The Lok Sabha recently passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023, which aims to give a further boost to ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing business’.
Provisions of the bill
  • The bill, when passed, proposes to amend 183 provisions to be decriminalized in 42 Central Acts administered by 19 Ministries/Departments.
  • The Amendment Bill will contribute to rationalizing criminal provisions and ensuring that citizens, businesses and the government departments operate without fear of imprisonment for minor, technical or procedural defaults.
  • The nature of penal consequence of an offence committed should be commensurate with the seriousness of the offence. This bill establishes a balance between the severity of the offence/violation committed and the gravity of the prescribed punishment.
  • The criminal consequences prescribed for technical/procedural lapses and minor defaults, clog the justice delivery system and puts adjudication of serious offences on the back burner. Some of the amendments proposed in the Bill are to introduce suitable administrative adjudication mechanisms, wherever applicable and feasible.
  • Decriminalization of provisions which affect citizens and certain categories of government employees will help them live without the fear of imprisonment for minor violations.
  • The enactment of this legislation would be a landmark in the journey of rationalizing laws, eliminating barriers and bolstering growth of businesses.
Source- PIB

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