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Article: Emergency Power Rules further amended.
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- UNB - United News of Bangladesh
- Article date:
- April 9, 2007
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Dhaka, Apr 9 (UNB) - The government further amended the Emergency Power Rules made under the Emergency Powers Ordinance (EPO) 2007, relaxing a provision that denied an accused bail while facing trial under the Penal Code.
However, all persons facing trial for offences specified in the Emergency Power rules will not be entitled to seek bail at any stage from FIR to court verdict.
This was the third amendment to the EPO within 17 days following controversies over the law among the jurists.
On March 21, the caretaker government promulgated an amendment to ...