# List of ordinances issued in Bangladesh

This is a list of the ordinances issued by President of Bangladesh.

## 1971

* The Bangladesh (Collection of Taxes) Order, 1971 (Acting President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Administration of Banks) Order, 1971 (Acting President's Order)

## 1972

* The Bangladesh (Taking Over of Control and Management of Industrial and Commercial Concerns) Order, 1972 (Acting President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Administration of Financial Institutions) Order, 1972 (A.P.O.)
* The Bangladesh Law Officers Order, 1972 (President's Order) Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order, 1972
* The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Order, 1972 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh (Legal Proceedings) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Abandoned Property (Control, Management and Disposal) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Adaptation of Insurance Act) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Bank (Demonetisation of Currency Notes) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Constituent Assembly Members (Cessation of Membership) Order, 1972 (P.O.)
* The Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Industrial Enterprises (Nationalisation) Order, 1972 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Vesting of Property and Assets) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Resumption of Easement Lands) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Adaptation of East Pakistan Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Industrial Development Corporation Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The East Pakistan Madrasah Education Ordinance (Repeal) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Names and Emblems (Prevention of Unauthorised Use) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Legal Practitioner's and Bar Council Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Special (Remuneration and Privileges) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Finance (1971-1972) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Nationalised Enterprises and Statutory Corporation (Prohibition of Strikes and Unfair Labour Practices) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Power Development Boards Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Demonetisation of Bank Notes) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Taxation Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons Order, 1972 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh (Whips) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Legal Proceedings) (Second) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Census Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Government Educational and Training Institutions (Adaptation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Budgetary Provisions) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The National Board of Revenue Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Finance Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Printing Corporation (Vesting) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Coinage Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Currency Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The International Financial Organisations Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Legal Proceedings) (Third) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Freedom Fighters) Welfare Trust Order, 1972 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Insurance (Nationalisation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Land Holding (Limitation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Scouts Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Pakistan Television Corporation (Taking Over) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Committee of Management (Temporary Arrangement) Order, 1972 (P.O.)
* The Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh National Anthem, Flag and Emblem Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Industrial Development Corporation (Dissolution) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Transfer of Immovable Property (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Rifles Order, 1972 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Representation of the People Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Insurance Corporation (Dissolution) Order, 1972 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh (Adaptation of University Laws) Ordinance, 1972

## 1973

* The Bangladesh Chartered Accountants Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Asian Development Bank Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Passport Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Dhaka University Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Laws (Repealing and Amending) Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh National Liberation Struggle (Indemnity) Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Trade Marks (Invalidation and Summary Registration) Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Wild Life (Preservation) Order, 1973 (President's Order) [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Bangladesh Krishi Bank Order, 1973 (President's Order)
* The Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) Order, 1973 (President's Order)

## 1975

* The Jute Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Ordinance, 1975
* The Government of Bangladesh (Services) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1975
* The District Administration (Repeal) Ordinance, 1975
* The Government Servants (Review of Penalties) Ordinance, 1975
* The Gandhi Ashram (Board of Trustees) Ordinance, 1975 [Repealed]
* The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini (Absorption in the Army) Ordinance, 1975
* The Bidi Manufacture (Prohibition) Ordinance, 1975
* The Bangladesh Government Hats and Bazars (Management) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1975
* The Registration (Extension of Limitation) Ordinance, 1975
* The Universities Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1975
* The Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1975
* Indemnity Ordinance, 1975

## 1976

* The International Finance Corporation Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Pharmacy Ordinance, 1976
* The Delimitation of Constituencies Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Statutory Corporations (Delegation of Powers) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1976
* The Alienation of Land (Distressed Circumstances) (Restoration) Ordinance, 1976
* The Supreme Court Judges (Travelling Allowances) Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Land Development Tax Ordinance, 1976
* The Appropriation Ordinance, 1976
* The Appropriation (Railways) Ordinance, 1976
* The Finance Ordinance, 1976
* The Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1976
* The Railway Nirapatta Bahini Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Jute Corporation (Repeal) Ordinance, 1976
* The Newspapers (Annulment of Declaration) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1976
* The Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1976
* The Chittagong Port Authority Ordinance, 1976
* The Mongla Port Authority Ordinance, 1976
* The Public Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Inland Shipping Ordinance, 1976
* The Bangladesh Shishu Academy Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Rajshahi Town Development Authority Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Police Officers (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1976
* The Bangladesh Rifles (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award Fund Ordinance, 1976
* The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Ordinance, 1976 [Repealed]
* The Chittagong Division Development Board Ordinance, 1976
* The Vested and Non-Resident Property (Administration) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1976

## 1977

* The Bangladesh Malaria Eradication Board (Repeal) Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Government of Bangladesh (Services Screening) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1977
* The Bangladesh Biman Corporation Ordinance, 1977
* The Appropriation Ordinance, 1977 The Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1977
* The Finance Ordinance, 1977
* The Appropriation (Railways) Ordinance, 1977
* The Appropriation (Railways Supplementary) Ordinance, 1977
* The Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance) [Repealed]
* The Minimum Wages (Fixation) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1977
* The Seeds Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Tea Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Regulation of Salary of Employees Laws Repeal Ordinance, 1977
* The Export Promotion Bureau Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Travel Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Housing and Building Research Institute Ordinance, 1977
* The Rural Electrification Board Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Cost and Management Accountants Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1977
* The Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1977
* The Bangladesh Sericulture Board Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Handloom Board Ordinance, 1977 [Repealed]

## 1978

* The Government Servants (Review of Penalties) (Dissolution of Review Board) Ordinance, 1978
* The Prevention of Malaria (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Madrasah Education Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Defence Services Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Bangla Academy Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Finance Ordinance, 1978
* The Appropriation (Railways Supplementary) Ordinance, 1978
* The Appropriation (Railways) Ordinance, 1978
* The Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1978
* The Appropriation Ordinance, 1978
* The Asian Reinsurance Corporation Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Political Parties Ordinance, 1978
* The Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Ordinance, 1978 [Repealed]
* The Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1978
* The Law Reforms Ordinance, 1978
* The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Ordinance, 1978

## 1979

* The Government Servants (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board Ordinance, 1979
* The Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The President's Pension Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The Defence Services (Supreme Command) Ordinance, 1979 [Repealed]
* The Armed Police Battalions Ordinance, 1979

## 1982

* The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Medical Practice and Private Clinics and Laboratories (Regulation) Ordinance, 1982
* The Bangladesh Abandoned Children (Special Provisions) (Repeal) Ordinacne, 1982
* The Zakat Fund Ordinance, 1982
* The Drugs (Control) Ordinance, 1982
* The Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Flag Vessels (Protection) Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Finance Ordinance, 1982
* The Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Ordinance, 1982
* The Emigration Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Veterinary Practitioners Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Attia Forest (Protection) Ordinance, 1982
* The Public Employees Discipline (Punctual Attendance) Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Chittagong City Corporation Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Haor Development Board (Dissolution) Ordinance, 1982
* The Off-shore Islands Development Board (Dissolution) Ordinance, 1982
* The Institute of Islamic Education and Research (Repeal) Ordinance, 1982
* The Bangladesh Hotels and Restaurants Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Rural Development Board Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]
* The Electoral Rolls Ordinance, 1982 [Repealed]

## 1983

* The Fish and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Railway Board (Repeal) Ordinance, 1983
* The Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1983
* The Finance Ordinance, 1983
* The Bangladesh Irrigation Water Rate Ordinance, 1983
* The Bangladesh Unani and Ayurvedic Practitioners Ordinance, 1983
* The Marine Fisheries Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The National Archives Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Dhaka City Corporation Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Homoeopathic Practitioners Ordinance, 1983
* The Primary Education (Repeal) Ordinance, 1983
* The Grameen Bank Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Local Government (Union Parishads) Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Jatiya Jadughar Ordinance, 1983
* The Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners (Remuneration and Privileges) Ordinance, 1983
* The National Curriculum and Text-Book Board Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Nursing Council Ordinance, 1983
* The Santosh Islamic University (Board of Trustees) Ordinance, 1983
* The Hindu Religious Welfare Trust Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust Ordinance, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Christian Religious Welfare Trust Ordin ince, 1983 [Repealed]
* The Foreign Voluntary Organisations (Acquisition of Immovable Property) Regulation Ordinance, 1983

## 1984

* The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance) [Repealed]
* The Land Reforms Ordinance, 1984
* The Agricultural Labour (Minimum Wages) Ordinance, 1984
* The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Livestock Research Institute Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Industrial Relations (Regulation) (Repeal) Ordinance, 1984
* The Breast-Milk Substitutes (Regulation of Marketing) Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Income-tax Ordinance, 1984
* The Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation and Welfare Foundation (Repeal) Ordinance, 1984
* The Nazrul Institute Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Finance Ordinance, 1984
* The Fisheries Research Institute Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]
* The Districts (Extension to the Chittagong Hill-tracts) Ordinance, 1984
* The Khulna City Corporation Ordinance, 1984 [Repealed]

## 1985

* The Public Servants (Dismissal on Conviction) Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Ghousul Azam Abdul Qader Jillani Mosque Trust (Repeal) Ordinance, 1985
* The Family Courts Ordinance, 1985
* The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Ordinance, 1985
* The Surplus Public Servants Absorption Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Government Primary School Teachers Welfare Trust Ordinance, 1985
* The Ground Water Management Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Finance Ordinance, 1985
* Bangladesh Bridge Authority Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Civil Aviation Authority Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed]
* The Youth Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1985 [Repealed] The Khulna Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1985
* The Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary Provisions) Ordinance, 1985

## 1986

* The Chittagong Shahi Jame Masjid Ordinance, 1986
* The Official Vehicles (Regulation of Use) Ordinance, 1986 [Repealed]
* The Drugs (Supplementary Provisions) Ordinance, 1986
* The Police (Non-Gazetted Employees) Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1986
* The Special Security Force Ordinance, 1986 [Repealed]
* The Finance Ordinance, 1986
* The Development Board Laws (Repeal) Ordinance, 1986
* The Public Corporations (Management Co-ordination) Ordinance, 1986
* The Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank Ordinance, 1986 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Cha Sramik Kallyan Fund Ordinance, 1986 [Repealed]
* The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development Ordinance, 1986 [Repealed]

## 2020

* Suppression of Violence against Women and Children (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

## 2023

* Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022