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The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Article 19Equality of opportunity

In forcePart II FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
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Part II FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY

art. 19

19. Equality of opportunity (1) The State shall endeavour to ensure equality of opportunity to all citizens. (2) The State shall adopt effective measures to remove social and economic inequality between man and man and to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth among citizens, and of opportunities in order to attain a uniform level of economic development throughout the Republic. [(3)The State Shall endeavour to ensure equality of opportunity and participation of women in all spheres of national life.]

  1. 18. Clause (3) was added by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act XIV of 2011), section 13.

End of art. 19. Not in the index for this Act: Appendix (some pages are scanned images, not read: [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]).

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