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Lok Sabha approves anti-rape bill

The Lok Sabha passed the anti-rape bill which keeps the age for consensual sex at 18 years and makes voyeurism and stalking punishable offences.

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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, was tabled in the house by union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde a day after the cabinet approved its draft.

The house debated it during the day. The anti-rape bill will replace the ordinance promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee Feb 3.

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