Section 1Short title Extent

s. 1

1. Short title Extent This Act may be called the [* * *] Vaccination Act, 1880; [Power to extend Act to towns and local areas] The Government may, by notification published in the official Gazette, declare its intention to extend this Act, or any of its provisions, to any town or selected local area in Bangladesh. [Objection to such extension] Any inhabitant of such town or area objecting to such extension may, within six weeks from the said publication, send his objection in writing to the Secretary to the Government, and the Government shall take such objection into consideration. [Procedure thereon] When six weeks from the said publication have expired, the Government, if no such objections have been sent as aforesaid, or (where such objections have been so sent in) if in its opinion they are insufficient, may by like notification effect the proposed extension. The Government shall cause the substance of any notification mentioned in this section to be proclaimed and notified within the town or area affected by the same, in the vernacular of such town or area, by such means, and in such manner, as it may direct. [Commencement] The operation of this Act in any place may at any time be suspended by the Government by notification in the official Gazette.

1. 2. The word "Bengal" was omitted by section 3 and 2nd schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)