Section 1Title, extent and commencement

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1. Title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Prisons Act, 1894. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh. (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1894. [* * *]

1. 2. Sub-section (4) was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)