Bill to fight maritime piracy will get by Lok Sabha

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, which was handed within the Lower House of the Parliament (Lok Sabha) on Monday, will present authorized support to fight piracy in territorial waters in addition to unique financial zones (EEZ) and excessive seas.

The Lok Sabha, on Monday, handed the Anti-maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, that seeks to offer impact authorized support to fight piracy not simply in territorial waters and the unique financial zone (that are over 200 nautical miles from the shoreline) but additionally on the excessive seas.

“The official modification has offered punishment for all times. Earlier, there was provision for demise. Now, the availability for demise has been amended as per authorities modification to punishment to demise or with imprisonment for all times, if such an individual is committing the act of piracy and causes demise or an try thereof.

The concern that there can be a compulsory demise sentence is not related in view of the federal government modification which truly gives for demise or life imprisonment relying on the character of the circumstances,” stated External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Lok Sabha whereas shifting the invoice in Lok Sabha.

Taking half, organising, aiding, supporting, making an attempt to commit and directing others to participate in piracy can be punishable for as much as 14 years of imprisonment. India’s safety and financial well-being is inextricably linked to the ocean and maritime safety is a prerequisite with greater than 90 per cent of the nation’s commerce with the world going down by sea routes and greater than 80 per cent of hydrocarbon necessities being seaborne.

This invoice will fill the gaps in legal guidelines in opposition to offence of piracy. At current India doesn’t have a separate home laws on piracy and provisions of IPC pertaining to armed theft are invoked to prosecute pirates apprehended by Indian coast guards. The invoice was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in December 2019 and was proposed with amendments by authorities in July 2022.

NEW DELHI: The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, which was handed within the Lower House of the Parliament (Lok Sabha) on Monday, will present authorized support to fight piracy in territorial waters in addition to unique financial zones (EEZ) and excessive seas.

The Lok Sabha, on Monday, handed the Anti-maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, that seeks to offer impact authorized support to fight piracy not simply in territorial waters and the unique financial zone (that are over 200 nautical miles from the shoreline) but additionally on the excessive seas.

“The official modification has offered punishment for all times. Earlier, there was provision for demise. Now, the availability for demise has been amended as per authorities modification to punishment to demise or with imprisonment for all times, if such an individual is committing the act of piracy and causes demise or an try thereof.

The concern that there can be a compulsory demise sentence is not related in view of the federal government modification which truly gives for demise or life imprisonment relying on the character of the circumstances,” stated External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Lok Sabha whereas shifting the invoice in Lok Sabha.

Taking half, organising, aiding, supporting, making an attempt to commit and directing others to participate in piracy can be punishable for as much as 14 years of imprisonment. India’s safety and financial well-being is inextricably linked to the ocean and maritime safety is a prerequisite with greater than 90 per cent of the nation’s commerce with the world going down by sea routes and greater than 80 per cent of hydrocarbon necessities being seaborne.

This invoice will fill the gaps in legal guidelines in opposition to offence of piracy. At current India doesn’t have a separate home laws on piracy and provisions of IPC pertaining to armed theft are invoked to prosecute pirates apprehended by Indian coast guards. The invoice was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in December 2019 and was proposed with amendments by authorities in July 2022.