Section 1Short title, extent and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Protection of Ports (Special Measures) Act, 1948. (2) It shall extend to the Port of Chittagong in the first instance, but may at any time, by notification in the official Gazette, be extended by the Government to any other port in [Bangladesh]. (3) It shall come into force at once.

1. 2. The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)