Bolo Bhi's Proposed Amendments to PECB15

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Conceptual Framework for Amendments: 1) Omit sections that are already covered under existing laws; contravene constitutional rights; criminalize what should be civil offences 2) Amend language of sections that are vague and overbroad; add requirement for malicious/malafide intent for establishment of crime to all offences 3) Subject the powers of authorities to checks and balances 4) Build in procedural safeguards and protections to curb misuse and abuse of this law TO OMIT: PECB15 (t) "intelligence"

Bolo Bhi

Justification This definition should be omitted as a) it is too broad; b) it has been directly copy pasted from the PTA Act and intended to empower the Authority with content management powers. All definitions should be brought in line with globally compatible and accepted ones, as they exist in other laws: e.g. other types of data i.e. traffic and content data; information, systems etc should be defined separately.

Examples from existing laws, other jurisdictions & conventions For definitions, refer to the ​ Budapest Convention See ​ PECB’14 as approved by the Cabinet Division​ for some of these definitions


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