Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Cantonments (House-accommodation) Act, 1923. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh. (3) It shall come into force on the first day of April, 1923, but it shall not become operative in any cantonment or part of a cantonment until the issue, or otherwise than in pursuance, of a notification as hereinafter provided by section 3: [* * *]

1. 1. Proviso to sub-section (3) of section 1 was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)