The Bill will replace Criminal Laws Ordinance promulgated on February 3 in the wake of public outrage over the December 16 Delhi gangrape.
The Ordinance has to be approved by Parliament before its recess from March 22, failing which it would lapse on April 4.
The GoM was also not in favour of replacing the word ‘rape' with ‘sexual assault' as proposed in the bill, the sources said.
It also decided to make rape gender-specific, meaning that it could be only against a woman, they said.
