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ined.

In Chapter 6, section74.1 and section 74.2, these both provisions provide excellent opportunities to be misuse the law and target innocent individuals instead of nabbing the real cuplrits. These provisions, turn the assumption of innocence,which is the norm, on it's head. The section 8, of the draft bill which defineshate propoganda is in itself very vague (as already pointed out). To assume a person indulging in such as act is guilty would tantamount to rendering the accused helpless without giving him a chance to defense. These draconian provisions would indeed help achieve better conviction rates but do not serve the cause of justice. Therefore we demand that these provisions be dropped.

These are some of the important concerns we have about the current draft released by the NAC. We hope that the NAC will consider all our demands favorably and incorporate the changes to their next version. We also suggest that the NAC engage the various cross-sections of the society by holding consultations. This wouldensure that the sections of the society and opinion that are currently unrepresented in the NAC would not be rendered voiceless.

We hope the NAC will respect the opinion of the citizens of this country and accommodate thier suggestions in the future drafts of the bill.