Efforts will be made to resolve cases filed under DSA as per provisions of the new law: Anisul Huq

Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said that the punishment outlined in the proposed Cyber Security Act has been scaled down and efforts will be made to resolve cases filed under the former Digital Security Act according to provisions of the new law.

The minister said this while talking to reporters after a discussion with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwen Lewis, at the Secretariat.

When asked about the attorney general's assertion that proceedings under the Digital Security Act would continue, the law minister said, "We are considering our options carefully. Violations committed prior to the introduction of the new law will be subject to the previous legal framework. However, we are contemplating the appropriate course of action. The amendments to this law have led to a substantial reduction in punitive measures. We are committed to ensuring the successful implementation of these revised measures."

"DSA was not amended or we even cannot say that it is abolished completely. The changes that we have brought in the act, are so many that if we would have stick with the previous name Digital Security Act, we had to name it as Digital Security Amended Act, which would have been confusing. So we opted for Cyber Security Act, we brought cyber to increase its extent," Anisul said while replying to a question on the necessity of transforming and renaming DSA as CSA.