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Rape law ordinance : 3 to 7 years jail for hiring domestic maid brought through trafficking

New Delhi, Feb 3: The anti-rape law ordinance on the verge of being promulgated by the President also has a provision for  a jail term of three to seven years, if one hires a domestic



Supreme Court lawyer Amit Khemka says, the law is prone to misuse as the definition appears to be far too wide.

"How can you treat trafficking for supplying domestic maids and sex workers or for organ removal with the same brush?", Khemka told Hindustan Times.

"Employers should be punished only if they know their employee has been trafficked...the expression 'having a reason to believe' can be interpreted in any way and even misused against bona fide employers", says Khurana.

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