Section 1Short title, local extent and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, local extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the [* * *] Places of Public Amusement Act, 1933. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh [except a Metropolitan Area]. (3) This section, section 3 and section 12 shall come into force at once and the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that the remaining provisions of the Act shall come into force in any area on such date as may be appointed in the notification.

1. 3. The words "except a Metropolitan Area" were added by section 114, SCHEDULE III of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XLVIII of 1978)