The Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973
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“The Schedule (see section 2)
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1. The Police Act, 1861 (Act V of 1861).
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2. The Bangladesh Rifles Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 148 of 1972).”. 1923 III The Cotton
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Transport provided,- Act, 1923. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”; and (c) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In section 3, in sub-section (1), for “the Province” substitute “Bangladesh”.
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3. In section 4, omit sub-section (3).
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4. In section 5, in sub-section (2), omit “, or returned with a like intimation from a railway station specified in a notification under subsection (3) of section 4,”.
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5. In section 8,- (a) for “rule under” substitute “any rule made under”; (b) for “the Legislative Assembly of the Province” substitute “Parliament”; and (c) for “of that Assembly” substitute “of Parliament”. 1923 IV The Mines
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Act, 1923. provided,- (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “appropriate Government” substitute “Government”; (c) for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”; and (d) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In Section 3,- (a) omit clause (aa); (b) for clause (i) substitute the following, namely:- “(i) “qualified medical practitioner” means any person registered under the Medical Council Act, 1973, and includes any person declared by the Government, by notification in the official Gazette to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act; ”.
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3. In section 4, in sub-section (1), omit “or for the Province, as the case may be,”.
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4. In section 7, for “State” substitute “Republic”.
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5. In section 10, in sub-section (1),- (a) omit “or, as the case may be, of the Province.”; (b) in clause (a), for “State” substitute “Republic”; and (c) in the explanation, for “minor” substitute “miner”.
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6. In section 30, in clause (i), omit “or railway company as defined in the Railways Act, 1890”.
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7. In section 30A, in clause (d), for “six pies” substitute “Three poisha”.
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8. In section 32, in sub-section (5), for “such vernacular or varnaculars as may be prescribed” substitute “Bengali”.
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9. In section 33, for “such varnacular or vernaculars as may be prescribed” substitute “Bengali”. 1923 V The Boilers 1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Act, 1923. provided,- (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Central Government” or “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”; and (c) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In section 3,- (a) in sub-section (1), for “section 3 of the Indian Steam-ships Act, 1884, or in steamvessel as defined in section 2 of the Inland Steam-vessel Act, 1917,” substitute “2 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, or in any mechanically propelled vessel as defined in section 2 of the Inland Mechanically Propelled Vessels Act, 1917”; and (b) in sub-section (2), for “any railway” substitute “the railway”.
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3. In section 5,- (a) in sub-sections (1) and (2), omit “for the Province”; and (b) in sub-section (3),- (i) for “Every” substitute “ The”; and (ii) for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”.
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4. In section 6, omit clause (b).
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5. In section 15, for “Indian Factories Act, 1911,” substitute “Factories Act, 1965”.
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6. In section 24, omit clause (a).
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7. In section 27A, in sub-section (2),- (a) for clause (a) substitute the following, namely:- “(a) a Chairman and two members to be nominated by the Government”; (b) omit clause (b); and (c) in clause (c), for “Director-General” substitute “General Manager”.
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8. In section 28, in clause (f), omit “or provincial”.
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9. In section 29, in clause (j), omit “in the Province”. 1923 VI The
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Cantonments provided,- (House Accommodation) (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; Act, 1923. (b) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”; and (c) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In section 1, in sub-section (3), omit the proviso.
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3. In section 2, in clause (g), omit “a Chaplian on duty with troops in a Cantonment”.
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4. In section 9,- (a) for “a railway” substitute “the railway;” (b) omit “or, in a Province where there are no Commissioners, of the Collector”.
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5. In section 10,- (a) in clause (b), for “a railway” substitute “the railway”; (b) in clause (d), for “Provincial Government with the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the District, or by the Central Government,” substitute “Government”.
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6. Omit section 13.
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7. In section 29, in sub-section (1), for “High Court” substitute “High Court Division”.
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8. In section 36, in sub-section (4), for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”. 1923 VII The Naval
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Armament provided,- Act, 1923. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”; (c) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In section 2, in clause (a), for “High Court” substitute “High Court Division”.
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3. In section 3, in clause (b),- (a) omit “or in an Acceding State or non-Acceding State”; and (b) omit “or State”.
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4. In section 4, in sub-section (3), omit “before the commencement of the Indian Naval Armament (Amendment) Act, 1937,”.
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5. In section 6,- (a) omit “any Acceding State or non-Acceding State”; and (b) omit “or State”.
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6. In section 8, in sub-section (5), for “a High Court” or “the High Court” substitute “the High Court Division”. 1923 VII The Bengal
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Aerial provided,- Ropeways Act, 1923. (a) for “East Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”; (c) for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”; and (d) for “rupees” or “Rs” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In the preamble, omit the second paragraph.
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3. In section 1, in sub-section (1), omit “Bengal”.
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4. In section 2,- (a) in clause (5), for “Municipal Committee, District Council” substitute “Paurashava, Zilla Board”; and (b) in clause (9), omit sub-clause (V).
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5. In section 26, in sub-section (2), omit “Provincial” occurring for the second time. 1923 VIII The 1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Workmen‟s provided,- Compensation Act, 1923. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “rupees” or “Rs” substitute “Taka”; (c) for “Central Government” or “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”; and (d) for “High Court” substitute “High Court Division”.
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2. In section 2,- (a) in sub-section (1),- (i) for clause (i) substitute the following, namely:- “(i) “qualified medical practitioner” means any person registered under the Medical Council Act, 1973, or, any person declared by the Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purpose of this Act; and (ii) in clause (n),- (A) in sub-clause (i), for “a railway” substitute “the railway”; and (B) in sub-clause (ii), for “whether the contract of employment was made before or after the passing of this Act and whether such contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing, but does not include any person working in the capacity of a member of His Majesty‟s naval, military or air forces” substitute “whether the contract of employment is expressed or implied, oral or in writing”; and (b) in sub-section (3), omit “within the Province”.
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3. In section 3, in sub-section (3), omit “within the Province” occurring twice.
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4. In section 10D, for “the language of the majority of the workmen” substitute “Bengali”.
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5. In section 14, in sub-section (4),- (a) for “Insolvency (Karachi Division and Dacca) Act” substitute “Insolvency (Dacca) Act, 1909”; (b) omit “Provincial”.
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6. In section 15, in clause (3), omit “or any Provincial Government”.
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7. In section 18, for “section 12 or section 52 of the Factories Act, 1934” substitute “section 11 or section 68 of the Factories Act, 1965”.
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8. In section 20, for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”.
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9. In section 21, in sub-section (2),- (a) omit “whether in the same Province or not,”; and (b) omit the second proviso.
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10. For section 31 substitute the following, namely:-
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“31. Recovery – Any amount payable by any person under this Act, whether under an agreement for the payment of compensation or otherwise, shall be recoverable as arrear of land revenue.”.
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11. In section 31A, for “the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879,” occurring twice substitute “the Touts Act, 1897,”.
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12. In section 35, in sub-section (1),- (a) omit “to any Acceding State, or”; (b) omit “State”; and (c) omit “in any Acceding State, or”.
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13. In Schedule II,- (a) in clauses (i), for “or railway” substitute “the railway”; (b) in clause (ii), for “clause (g) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1934” substitute “clause (h) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1965”; (c) in clause (iii), for “section 5 of the Factories Act, 1934” substitute “section 3 of the Factories Act, 1965”; (d) omit clause (viia); (e) in clause (xii), for “a railway” substitute “the railway”; and (f) omit clause (xiiia).
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14. In Schedule IV, in column 4,- (a) for “As” substitute “poisha”; and (b) for “8” or “4” substitute “50” or “25” respectively. 1923 XIV The Cotton
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Cess Act, provided,- 1923. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”;
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2. In section 2,- (a) in clause (b), for “Pakistan Central Cotton Committee” substitute “Bangladesh Cotton Committee”; (b) for clause (d) substitute the following, namely:- “(d) “Collector of Customs” means a Collector of Customs appointed under section 3 of the Customs Act, 1869; (dd) “Customs-station” means a Customsstation as defined in section 2 of the Customs Act, 1969;”; and (c) in clause (e),- (a) for “Factories Act, 1934” substitute “Factories Act, 1965”; (b) omit “as defined in section 3 of the Cotton Duties Act, 1896”.
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3. In section 3,- (a) omit “the Provinces of Pakistan to any place outside”; and (b) for “the Provinces of Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”.
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4. In section 4, in sub-section (3), for “Pakistan Central Cotton Committee” substitute “Bangladesh Cotton Committee”.
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5. In section 8, in sub-section (1),- (a) for “sea” substitute “sea or land”; (b) for “customs-collector at the customs-port” substitute “Collector of Custom at the Customs-station”; (c) for “Sea Customs Act, 1878” substitute “Customs Act, 1969”; (d) omit sub-section (2); (e) in sub-section (3), for “Central Board of Revenue” and “Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924,” substitute “National Board of Revenue and National Board of Revenue Order, 1972,” respectively.
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6. In section 15, in sub-section (2), in clause (q), omit “Provincial Departments of Agriculture or”. 1923 XIX The Official
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Secrets Act, provided,- 1923. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) for “appropriate Government” substitute “Government”.
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2. In the preamble, omit the first and second paragraphs.
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3. In section 1, in sub-section (2), for “Government” substitute “the Republic”.
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4. In section 2,- (a) omit clause (2A); and (b) in clause (8), in sub-clauses (c) and (d), for “the vernacular of the locality” substitute “Bengali”.
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5. In section 3A,- (a) for “that Government” substitute “the Government”; and (b) omit sub-section (4).
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6. In section 13, in sub-section (6), omit “Pakistan”. 1923 XXI The Merchant
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Shipping Act, provided,- 1923. (a) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”; (b) for “Customs-Collector” substitute “Collector of Customs”; (c) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (d) for “rupees” or “rupee” or “Rs.” substitute “Taka”; and (e) omit “native”.
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2. In section 2,- (a) in sub-section (1), in clause (3), for “on the Indo-Pakistan continent or in” substitute “in India, Pakistan or”; and (b) omit sub-section (2).
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3. In section 4,- (a) omit “or any Acceding State or the Ruler thereof”; and (b) omit “a Acceding State, as the case may be”.
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4. In section 5, in sub-section (1),- (a) for “registered under the Registration of Ships Act, 1841, and” substitute “registered under any law for the time being in force in Bangladesh”; and (b) omit “and the coast of Arabia, when such ships are navigated and manned exclusively by Arabs, lascars or other Asiatic masters and seamen”.
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5. In section 6, in sub-section (1), omit “at the commencement of this Act”.
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6. In section 8, in clause (iii), omit “and duly authorised so to do by the Apprentices Act, 1850,”.
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7. In section 23, in sub-section (1), omit “, and the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1850, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply accordingly”.
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8. In section 37,- (a) for “Pakistan” occurring for the first time substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) for “Pakistani” occurring to the second time substitute “Bangalee”.
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9. In section 37A, in clause (i), for “on the Indo-Pakistan continent” occurring twice substitute “in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan”.
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10. In sections 64 and 65, omit “Colonial”.
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11. In section 69, in clause (b), for “Succession Certificate Act, 1889” substitute “Succession Act, 1925”.
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12. In section 70, in sub-section (2), for “High Court” substitute “High Court Division”.
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13. In section 86, for “one anna” or “six annas” or “two annas” or “three annas” or “eight annas” substitute respectively “six poisha”, “thirtyseven poisha”, “twelve poisha”, “nineteen poisha” and “fifty poisha”.
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14. In section 98, for “State” substitute “Republic”.
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15. In section 147, in sub-section (1), omit clause (a).
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16. In section 149, in clause (3), for “Muhammadan” occurring twice substitute “Muslim”.
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17. In section 218,- (a) in sub-section (1), in clause (i), for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh, Pakistan”; (b) in sub-section (2),- (i) in clause (iv), for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh, Pakistan”; (ii) In clause (vi),- (a) for “the same Province” substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) omit “between a port in one province and a port in the other province”.
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18. In Section 247,- (a) in sub-section (1), omit “and also to the Provincial Government on or near whose coasts the casualty occurred, or within whose territories any witness resides, or evidence can be obtained as the case may be;”; and (b) in sub-section (3), omit “and shall send a copy thereof to the Provincial Government”.
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19. In section 256, for “High Court” substitute “Supreme Court”.
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20. In section 257, omit “, and shall also send a copy thereof to the Provincial Government”.
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21. In section 280, for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”.
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22. In section 283,- (a) omit “at any place in a Province”; and (b) omit “In the other Province or”.
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23. In section 289D, for “within one province” substitute “within Bangladesh”.
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24. In Schedule I,- (a) in Table A,- (i) for “A” substitute “P”; (ii) for “8” wherever occurring below „P‟ amended as aforesaid, substitute “50”; (iii) omit „P‟ along with all entries relating thereto; and (iv) for “eight annas” substitute “fifty poisha”; (b) in Table B,- (i) for “A” substitute “P”; (ii) for “12” substitute “75”; (iii) for “8” occurring twice substitute “50”; and (iv) omit „P‟ and all entries relating thereto. 1924 II The
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Cantonments provided,- Act, 1924. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”; (c) for “Pakistan Penal Code” substitute “Penal Code”; and (d) for “rupee” or “rupees” substitute “Taka”.
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2. In section 2,- (a) omit clause (xix); (b) in clause (xxi), for “Army Act or the Indian Army Act, 1911 or the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, or the Air Force Act, or the Indian Air Force Act, 1932 or the Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953” occurring twice substitute “Army Act, 1952, or the Air Force Act, 1953”; (c) in clause (xxxv), for “Army Act or the Air Force Act, or is subject to the Indian Army Act, 1911 or the Pakistan Army Act, 1952” substitute “Army Act, 1952,”; and (d) in clause (xxxviii), omit “tram-car,”.
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3. In section 12,- (a) In sub-section (1),- (i) omit “from officers appointed, to the Pakistan Military Lands and Cantonments Services”; and (ii) omit the proviso; and (b) In sub-section (2), omit the proviso.
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4. In section 13A,- (a) in sub-section (1),- (i) omit clause (b); and (ii) in clause (f), omit the proviso; (b) in sub-section (2),- (i) omit clause (b); and (ii) in clause (f), omit the provisos; (c) in sub-section (3),- (i) omit clause (b); (ii) in clause (c), for “or” substitute “and one”; (d) in sub-section (4), for “State” substitute “Republic”; (e) in sub-section (5), omit “elected or”.
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5. In section 14, in sub-section (2),- (a) in clause (c), for “Government” substitute “Republic”; and (b) omit the proviso.
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6. In section 15,- (a) for sub-section (1) substitute the following, namely:- “(1) The term of office of a member of a Board shall be five years and shall commence from the date of the notification of his nomination under sub-section (5) of section 13A, or from the date on which the vacancy has occurred in which he is nominated, whichever be later.”; (b) in sub-section (2), omit “, not being an elected member,”; (c) omit sub-section (3); and (d) in sub-section (4), omit “election or”.
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7. In section 18, in sub-section (1), omit “elected member, and every”.
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8. In section 19, in sub-section (1), omit “or elected”.
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9. In section 20, for sub-section (2) substitute the following, namely:- “(2) In every Board constituted under section 13A in a class I Cantonment or class II Cantonment, there shall be a Vice-President elected by the members from amongst their number”.
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10. In section 21, in sub-section (3), omit “elected”.
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11. In section 34,- (a) in sub-section (1), omit clause (a); and (b) omit sub-sections (3) and (4).
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12. In section 35,- (a) in sub-section (1), omit “or under subsection (2A)”; (b) in sub-section (2), omit “re-election or”; and (c) in sub-section (3) omit “re-election or”.
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13. In section 36A, omit “, and in the definition of “Legal remuneration” in section 161 of that code the word “Government” shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to include a Board”.
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14. In section 39, in sub-section (1), for “in which there is more than one elected member shall be five or one-half of the member of members of the Board actually holding office at the time, whichever is the greater member”, substitute “constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13A, shall be four and of a Board constituted under sub-section (2) of section 13A shall be three”.
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15. In section 40, in clause (a), omit “in which there is more than one elected member”.
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16. In section 43A, in sub-section (1), for “elected members” substitute “Vice-President”.
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17. In section 45, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for “Provincial Government concerned” substitute “Government”.
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18. In section 47, for “State” substitute “Republic”.
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19. In section 54, in sub-section (2),- (a) in clause (a), omit “election of”; and (b) in clause (c), for “elections shall be held and nominations” substitute “nomination shall be”.
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20. In section 55, in sub-section (2), omit “election,”.
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21. In section 60, omit “in the Province wherein such cantonment is situated”.
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22. In section 76, omit the proviso.
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23. In section 84,- (a) in sub-section (1), omit “, or, in a Province where there are no commissioners, to the District Judge”; and (b) in sub-sections (2) and (3), for “High Court” substitute “High Court Division”.
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24. In section 97, for “Municipal Committee” substitute “Paurashava”.
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25. In section 99, in sub-section (2), in clause (f), for “the Central or any Provincial Government” substitute “the Government”.
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26. In section 107, in sub-section (1), for “State Bank of Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh Bank”.
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27. In section 108, in clause (f), for “by the Central or a Provincial Government” substitute “by the Government”.
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28. In section 121, in sub-section (2), in the Proviso, for “that Authority” substitute “the Board”.
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29. In section 136, for “Indian Factories Act, 1911” substitute “Factories Act, 1965”.
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30. In section 138, in sub-section (1),- (a) in clause (b), for “State” substitute “Republic”; (b) omit clause (d).
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31. In section 173, for “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”.
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32. In sections 201 and 204 for “English” substitute “Bengali”.
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33. In section 210, in sub-section (3), in clause (b), for “Indian Petroleum Act, 1899” substitute “Petroleum Act, 1934”.
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34. In section 238, in sub-section (1), omit clause (c).
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35. In section 262, for “State” substitute “Republic”.
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36. In Schedule III, for “Rs.” substitute “Taka”. 1925 III The Bengal
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Highways provided,- Act, 1925. (a) for “East Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) for “Provincial Government” substitute “Government”.
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2. In the preamble, omit the second paragraph.
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3. In section 1, in sub-section (1), omit “Bengal”.
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4. In section 5,- (a) for “rupees” substitute “Taka”; and (b) for “rupee” substitute “Taka”. 1925 IV The Soldiers
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1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise (Litigation) provided,- Act, 1925. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; and (b) for “Central Government” substitute “Government”.
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2. In section 2,- (a) omit clause (aa); (b) in clause (b), for “Indian Army Act, 1911 or the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, or the Indian Air Force Act, 1932 or the Pakistan” substitute “Army Act, 1952, or the”.
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3. In section 3,- (a) for clause (a), substitute the following, namely:- “(a) under special conditions – when he is or has been serving under war conditions or overseas, or with any unit the headquarters of which are situated at any place which is more than fifty miles distant by road from the nearest railway station;” (b) in clause (c),- (i) omit sub-clause (ii); and (ii) omit the Explanation.
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4. In section 13, for “High Court concerned” substitute “Supreme Court”.
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5. In section 14,- (a) in sub-section (1),- (a) for “As respects the Provincial Public Services the Provincial Government and in other cases, the” substitute “The”; (b) for “State” substitute “Republic”. (b) omit sub-section (2).
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6. Omit section 14A. 1925 XIX The 1. Throughout the Act, unless otherwise Provident provided,- Funds Act, 1925. (a) for “Pakistan” substitute “Bangladesh”; (b) for “Central Government” or “appropriate Government” substitute “Government”.
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2. In section 2,- (1) in clause (d),- (a) for “the Secretary of State, the Central Government, the Crown Representative or any Provincial Government” substitute “the Government”. (b) for “State” substitute “Republic”; and (c) omit “and references in this Act to the Government shall be construed accordingly”; (2) in clause (f)- (a) omit sub-clause (1); and (b) for sub-clause (ii) substitute the following, namely:- “(ii) the manager of the Railway”; and (3) in clause (g), for “a railway” substitute “the railway”.
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3. In section 3, in sub-section (1), omit “Provincial”.
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4. In section 4, in sub-section (1),- (a) in clause (b), for “rupees” substitute “Taka”; and (b) in clause (c), in sub-clause (i), for “Succession Certificate Act, 1889, or under the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827,” substitute “Succession Act, 1925,”.
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5. In section 5, in sub-section (2),- (a) for “Succession Certificate Act, 1889 or the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827” substitute “Succession Act, 1925”; and (b) omit “, or that Regulation, as the case may be,”.
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6. In section 8, omit sub-section (4), and the explanation.
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7. Omit section 9.
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8. For the Schedule substitute the following, namely:-
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