In 2006, then President Pervez Musharraf again proposed reform of the ordinance.[53] On November 15, 2006, the "Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act" was passed in the National Assembly, allowing rape to be prosecutable under civil law. The bill was ratified by the Senate on 23 November 2006,[54] and became law after President Musharraf signed it on 1 December 2006.[55]