The government has approved an amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act of 1973, introducing a new provision to disqualify anyone named in the charge sheet under the law from being elected or remaining as a lawmaker and from holding public or local government office.
The amendment was approved on Thursday at an advisers鈥� council meeting chaired by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Briefing reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqil Alam said that a section, section 20 (c), had been added to the act.
Under this section, if a formal charge is pressed against an individual under Section 9(1) of the act, he or she will face a range of disqualifications.
He said that the individual would be barred from being elected or serving as a lawmaker.
The provision also prevents them from contesting or retaining positions in local government bodies, including those of member, commissioner, chairman, mayor or administrator, the press secretary said.
In addition, the amendment disqualifies the accused from public service, rendering them ineligible for appointment to any role within the service of the republic or to hold any other public office.
The law adviser, Asif Nazrul, presented the summary of the International Crimes (Tribunals) (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, at the meeting.
