Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good day, Minister.
Sir, the maximum sentence for fraud is 14 years' imprisonment. I am trying to understand how a minimum sentence of two years would deter someone from committing fraud, a white-collar crime. Truthfully, it would have been better to increase the sentence to 16 years. If the punishment is harsher, the deterrent effect is stronger. How could a two-year sentence get a person to think three or four times before committing fraud, when we know that right now, fraudsters face the prospect of 14 years's imprisonment. I just do not understand the logic here.