Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the [* * *] Excises and Salt Act, 1944. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh [except the areas of Export Processing Zones declared under section 10 of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Act, 1980 (XXXVI of 1980)]. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

1. 6. The words, figures, comma and brackets “except the areas of Export Processing Zones declared under section 10 of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority Act, 1980 (XXXVI of 1980)” were inserted by section 5 of the Finance Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. XLV of 1986)