Section 1Short title

s. 1

1. Short title This Act may be called the [Touts Act,] 1879: and shall come into force on the first day of January, 1880. [Commencement Local extent] It extends to the whole of [Bangladesh].

1. 1. The words and comma "Touts Act," were substituted, for the words "Legal Practitioners Act" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2. 2. The word "Bangladesh" was replaced for the word "Pakistan" by the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Bangladesh Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972)