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1THE PUNJAB WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 2018
(XXI of 2018)
[24th May, 2018]
An
Act
to protect witnesses and other persons connected with certain criminal proceedings.
It is necessary to provide for measures to protect witnesses or other persons connected with the investigation, prosecution and trial of certain criminal proceedings relating the offence of terrorism, sexual offence or any other serious offence; and, to provide for ancillary matters.
Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:–
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Witness Protection Act 2018.
(2) It shall extend to whole of the Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Act:
(a) “Act” means the Punjab Witness Protection Act 2018;
(b) “Board” means the Witness Protection Board constituted under the Act;
(c) “close protection service” means the provision of bodyguards for purposes of protection from assault, assassination or kidnapping;
(d) “court” means the court seized of a case to which the Act applies;
(e) “criminal proceedings” means an investigation, inquiry or trial under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) relating to an offence of terrorism or any other serious offence;
(f) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;
(g) “high risk accused” means a person under investigation, charged with, or tried for, the commission of an offence of terrorism or a serious offence and is considered to be a high risk for the persons connected with the criminal proceedings;
(h) “law enforcement agency” includes a body or agency responsible for the enforcement of law relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of an offence;
(i) “offence of terrorism” means an act defined as such in section 6 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997) and includes such other offence under that Act as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, determine;
1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 16 May 2018; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 21 May 2018; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24 May 2018, pp.8133-8138.
(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under the Act;
(k) “Programme” means the Witness Protection Programme established under the Act.
(l) “protected person” means any person who is extended protection under section 5 of the Act;
(m) “protection” means the protection of a protected person and includes relocation or change of identity of, or provision of assistance or services to, him under the Act;
(f) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;
(g) “high risk accused” means a person under investigation, charged with, or tried for, the commission of an offence of terrorism or a serious offence and is considered to be a high risk for the persons connected with the criminal proceedings;
(h) “law enforcement agency” includes a body or agency responsible for the enforcement of law relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of an offence;
(i) “offence of terrorism” means an act defined as such in section 6 of the