Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013

Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013
Jatiya Sangsad
Citation	Act No. 50 of 2013
Territorial extent	Bangladesh
Enacted by	Jatiya Sangsad
Enacted	27 October 2013
Assented to	27 October 2013
Commenced	27 October 2013
Status: In force

The Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 (Bengali: নির্যাতন এবং হেফাজতে মৃত্যু (নিবারণ) আইন, ২০১৩) is an Act passed by the Jatiya Sangsad in 2013 to prohibit torture in custody in Bangladesh.^[1]

The law states that the Police, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh, Customs, Immigration Department, Criminal Investigation Department, intelligence agencies, Ansar & VDP, Coast Guard and other public servants cannot extract confessional statements via torture. The law states any custodian torturing a detainee would be liable of committing offences under the law. It states any person attempting to commit, aiding and abetting to commit, or conspiring to commit an offence must be considered an offender. The law stipulates for any death in custody, the custodian would be awarded with rigorous life imprisonment or a fine of ৳100,000. They must also compensate family members of the affected with ৳200,000.