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[(1) The President may, in addition to the Attorney-General for Bangladesh, appoint, by notification in the official Gazette, Additional Attorneys-General, not exceeding three, and such number of Deputy Attorneys-General and Assistant Attorneys-General for Bangladesh as the President may determine. ]
(2) No person shall be appointed an [* * *] Additional Attorney-General or a Deputy Attorney-General [* * *]
unless he is qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the [Supreme Court] of Bangladesh [:
Provided that while making the appointment, the President may consider relaxing the age-limit of an Additional Attorney-General or a Deputy Attorney-General, as the case may be, if he is found fit and efficient.]
(3) No person shall be appointed an Assistant Attorney-General [* * *] unless he has completed [five] years' practice as an Advocate of the [Supreme Court].
(4) [* * *] [Additional Attorneys-General], [Deputy Attorneys-General and Assistant Attorneys-General] shall perform such duties as the President may direct.
(5) In the performance of their duties [* * *] [the Additional Attorneys-General], [and the Deputy Attorneys-General] shall have the right to audience in all Courts in Bangladesh.
3. The words “Attorney-General” were omitted by Article 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 152 of 1972)
4. The words “or a Deputy Advocate-General” were omitted by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)
5. The words “Supreme Court” were substituted for the words “High Court” by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)
6. The colon (:) was substituted for the full stop (.) and thereafter the proviso was inserted by section 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Act No. 09 of 2026) (With effect from 10th August 2024).
7. The words “or an Assistant Advocate-General” were omitted by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)
8. The word “five” was substituted for the word “seven” by Article 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 152 of 1972)
9. The words “Supreme Court” were substituted for the words “High Court” by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)
10. The words and comma “The Attorney-General,” were omitted by Article 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 152 of 1972)
11. The words “Additional Attorneys-General” were substituted for the words “Additional Attorney-General” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LIX of 2001)
12. The words “Deputy Attorneys-General and Assistant Attorneys-General” were substituted for the words and comma “Deputy Attorney-General, Deputy Advocates-General, Assistant Attorneys-General and Assistant Advocates-General” by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)
13. The words and comma “the Attorney-General,” were omitted by Article 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 152 of 1972)
14. The words “the Additional Attorneys-General” were substituted for the words “the Additional Attorney-General” by section 2 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. LIX of 2001)
15. The words “and the Deputy Attorneys-General” were substituted for the comma and words “, the Deputy Attorneys-General and the Deputy Advocates-General” by section 3 of the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1978)