INDIA: The Nation Cupboard on Saturday eliminated a offer to change 'rape', making it a gender-neutral offence by modifying the word with 'sexual assault'.
The move will increase the meaning and include male affected individuals of sex-related attack by modifying the appropriate conditions of the IPC and CrPC. Changing sexual assault will mean sex-related attack on men as well as those under 18, regardless of their sex, which can be worked under the same law.
Sources said that the Cupboard eliminated the changes with improvement of penalties for such functions from seven decades to 10 decades in prison.
The Cupboard also accepted another offer that involved efficiencies in the IPC and improving penalties for acidity strikes.
Sources said that the Cupboard eliminated addition of Area 326 (A) in the IPC that will deal with problem or acidity strikes, magnificent a prison term of 10 decades and a fine up to Rs10 lakhs.
The cases of such intense acidity strikes are so far addressed the existing Areas of 329, 322 and 325 of the IPC which have to grievous harm, willingly resulting in grievous harm and penalties for resulting in grievous harm.
There are also currently no regulations to control the sale of substances with the exception of the Produce, Storage and Transfer of Dangerous Chemicals Guidelines, 1989 (Amended in 2000).

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