ACC amendment bill placed at JS

"Anti-Corruption Commission (amendment) Bill, 2015" was placed in parliament last night aimed at relieving the anti-graft body of dealing with cheating and forgery cases.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, also in-charge of the Cabinet Division in Parliament, placed the bill.

As per the proposed amendment, the ACC will now investigate the bribery and corruption-related cases under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

However, the trial of government officials and bankers over cheating and forgery will be held under the ACC act.

Under the proposed amendment, all the cheating and forgery cases except those related to government property and the duties of government employees and bankers will be dealt by judicial magistrate courts.