DHAKA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi interim government has approved a revision of an act, setting the maximum sentence for soliciting a sexual relationship with false promises of marriage at seven years in prison.
The decision was made at the advisory council meeting of the Bangladeshi government on Thursday, with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in the chair.
Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser, told journalists that the revision of the "Women and Children Repression Prevention Act" was approved by the cabinet on Thursday.
He said the new stringent measures are aimed at reducing rape cases that occur after false promises of marriage.
Bangladeshi Law Adviser Asif Nazrul had earlier said they prepared the draft of the amendment to the act, reducing the trial and investigation time of rape cases by half. ■
