According to the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021, sexual abuse against children was still a bailable offence in Pakistan, and a medico-legal examination was not subject to a strict timeline. But the National Assembly has finally rectified this negligence through the Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which focuses on three aspects of the previous bill: bail, victim protection and medical examination.

The word 'bail' does not appear anywhere in the 2021 act at........

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