Section 1Short title, local extent and commencement

s. 1

1. Short title, local extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Telegraph Act, 1885. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh, and it applies also to all citizens of Bangladesh and persons in the service of [Republic] wherever they may be. (3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885.

1. 2. The word “Republic” was substituted, for the word “Government” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)