An Act to revise the laws in force in Bangladesh and make certain declarations in this regard in order to enable the same to be printed. WHEREAS it is expedient to the end that Bangladesh laws may be known in their true form, that the 1laws in force in the territories now comprised in Bangladesh as adapted, modified or amended since the 26th day of March, 1971, and all President’s Orders promulgated since that date and Acts passed by Parliament and in force should be printed; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
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(1) This Act may be called the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973.
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(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the 26th day of March, 1971.
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The 2laws specified in the First Schedule are hereby wholly repealed.
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The 3laws specified in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in the Fourth column thereof.
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44. The laws specified in the Third Schedule, being laws not applicable in the territories comprised in Bangladesh, are hereby declared to be no part of the laws of Bangladesh and are to be removed from the Statute Book.
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The repeal by this Act of 5any law shall not affect-
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(i) the operation of 6any law so repealed or the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered thereunder; or
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(ii) any right, title, privilege, obligation or liability, acquired, accrued or incurred, thereunder or any release or discharge already granted of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity, already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing; or
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(iii) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any law so repealed; or
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(iv) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, title, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid;
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and any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued or endorsed, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if this Act had not been 7passed;
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nor shall the repeal by this Act of 8any law by which the 9text of any other law was amended by the express omission, insertion or substitution of any matter, affect the continuance of any such amendment in operation at the commencement of this Act, unless a different intention was 10expressly stated in the law by which the amendment was made;
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nor shall this Act revive or restore anything not in force or existing at the time of its commencement, or affect any law in which an Act hereby repealed has been applied, incorporated or referred to, or after any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form, or cause of pleading, practice, or procedure, or existing usage, customs, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that they respectively may have been in any manner affirmed, recognised or derived by, in or from 11any law hereby repealed.
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All Acts of Parliament, Ordinances and President's Orders in force in Bangladesh shall be printed in chronological order under the name and style of the Bangladesh Code.
(2) Bangladesh Code may also be made available through website.
(3) Acts of Parliament, Ordinances and President's Orders may also be made available through website under the name and style of Laws of Bangladesh and such laws shall be updated from time to time.
(4) In case of any doubt or discrepancy about the authenticity of the printed text and electronically printed digitized text, the text of original gazette shall prevail.
At the time of printing of the Bangladesh Code, an Act or an Ordinance shall, if necessary, be re-numbered and all clerical errors and omissions may be corrected.