The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Bill-2022 was tabled in the House on Monday, with the provision of punishment for involvement in any irregularities in any PSC tests.
The maximum punishment for involvement in leaking the question paper of any PSC examination will be 10 years' jail or financial penalty or both.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain placed the Bill which was sent to the respective Parliamentary Standing Committee for further examination, according to an English daily.
The committee was asked to submit its report before the House within 60 working days.
The bill will replace the Bangladesh Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1977 in line with a judgment of the High Court over the laws of military regimes.
The maximum punishment for adopting unfair means in examination and engagement in answer sheet forgery would be two years' jail or financial penalty or both.
The penalty is same for helping any examinees to take any unfair means in the examination hall, fake examinee, and tempering any answer sheet.
The penalty is one year of jail or financial penalty or both for creating obstacle in taking examination and creating anarchy.
As per the bill, apart from the question paper leak, other related crimes also be punished by the mobile court.
BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid opposed to place the bill in the House.
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