The Bangladesh Public Service Commission Bill -2022 was passed in the Parliament Monday incorporating the punishment for involvement in any irregularities in any examination under PSC.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain moved the bill in the House which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
The maximum punishment for involvement in leaking the question paper of any PSC examination will be 10 years' jail or financial penalty or both, according to a draft law.
According to section 8 of the draft law, those who will be involved in leaking the question paper of any examination to be held under the Public Service Commission, they might face the highest 10 years' jail, financial punishment or both.
While placing the bill, some opposition lawmakers including Fakhrul Imam of Mymensingh-3, Mujibul Huq of Kishorganj-4, Dr Rustum Ali Faraji of Pirojpur-3, Begum Raushan Ara Mustafiz of women seat-47, Shamim Haider Patwary of Gaibandha-1and independent lawmaker Rezaul Karim Bablu of Bogura-7 spoke on the bill and urged to seek public review.
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 the same for helping any examinees to take any unfair means in the examination hall, fake examinees and tampering with any answer sheet.
The penalty is one year of jail or financial penalty or both for creating obstacles in taking examinations and creating anarchy.
As per the bill, apart from the question paper leak crime, other crimes will also be punished by the mobile court.
UNB adds: Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Bill 2023 was passed in the parliament Monday incorporating punishment for involvement in any irregularity in PSC exams.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain moved the bill in the House and it was passed by voice vote.
The maximum punishment for involvement in leaking questions of any PSC exam will be 10 years’ jail or financial penalty or both, according to the draft law.
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 the same for helping any examinee taking unfair mens in the exam hall, fake examinees and tampering with answer sheet.
The penalty is one year of jail or financial penalty or both for creating obstacles in taking examinations and creating anarchy.
As per the bill, apart from question paper leaks, other crimes will also be punished by mobile courts.
There will be a public service commission to be called the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
The number of members of the Commission, including the Chairman, shall be not less than six nor more than 20.
There will be a secretariat of the Commission where a secretary of the government will be appointed as the Commission Secretary.