Section 1Short title and extent

s. 1

1. Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the [* * *] Acquisition of Waste Land Act, 1950. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh except any area constituted a municipality under the provisions of [the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (XXVI of 1977)].

1. 3. The words, comma, brackets and figures “the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. XXVI of 1977)” were substituted for the words, comma and figures “the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)