Section 1Short title

s. 1

1. Short title This Act may be called the Contract Act, 1872. [Extent Commencement] It extends to the whole of Bangladesh; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872. [Enactments repealed] Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.