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The Districts Act, 1836
Published: 11th September, 1836


name: Power to create new Districts
details: It shall be lawful for the  2*** Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to create new districts in any part of Bangladesh. 3Government may, from time to time, alter the limits of the existing districts in any part of Bangladesh.

1  The word “BENGAL” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
2 The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 The second paragraph was added by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850
Published: 22nd March, 1850

For avoiding loss by the default of Public Accountants. Preamble For better avoidance of loss through the default of public accountants; It is enacted as follows:-

name: Public Accountants to give security
details: 1. Every public accountant shall give security for the due discharge of the trusts of his office, and for the due account of all moneys which shall come into his possession or control, by reason of his office.
name: Amount and kind of security, and with what sureties
details: 2. In default of any Act having special reference to the office of any public accountant, the security given shall be of such amount and kind, real or personal, or both, and with such sureties (regard being had to the nature of the office), as shall be required by any rules made or to be made from time to time, by the authority by which each public accountant is appointed to his office.
name: “Public accountant” defined
details: 3. For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this Act, the expression “public accountant” means any person who as Official Assignee or Trustee, or as sarbarahkar, is entrusted with the receipt, custody or control of any moneys or securities for money, or the management of any lands belonging to any other person or persons; and for the purposes of sections 4 and 5 of this Act the expression shall also include any person who, by reason of any office held by him in the service of the State is entrusted with the receipt, custody or control of any moneys or securities for money, or the management of any lands belonging to the Government.
name: Prosecution of accountants and sureties
details: 4. The person or persons at the head of the office to which any public accountant belongs may proceed against any such public accountant and his securities for any loss or defalcation in his accounts, as if the amount thereof were an arrear of land-revenue due to Government.
name: Enactments applied to proceedings by and against accountants
details: 5. All Regulations and Acts now or hereafter to be in force for the recovery of arrears of land-revenue due to Government, and for recovery of damages by any person wrongfully proceeded against for any such arrear shall apply, with such changes in the forms of procedure as are necessary to make them applicable to the case, to the proceedings against and by such public accountant.
name: Repealed
details: 6. Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).
The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850
Published: 4th April, 1850

An Act for the protection of Judicial Officers. Preamble FOR the greater protection of Magistrates and others acting judicially; It is enacted as follows:-

name: Non-liability to suit of officers acting judicially, for official acts done in good faith, and of officers executing warrants and orders
details: 1. No Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court for any act done or ordered to be done by him in the discharge of his judicial duty, whether or not within the limits of his jurisdiction: Provided that he at the time, in good faith, believed himself to have jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of; and no officer of any Court or other person, bound to execute the lawful warrants or orders of any such Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court, for the execution of any warrant or order, which he would be bound to execute, if within the jurisdiction of the person issuing the same.
The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855
Published: 27th March, 1855

An Act to enable Executors, Administrators or Represen-tatives to sue and be sued for certain wrongs. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to enable executors, administrators or representatives in certain cases to sue and be sued in respect of certain wrongs which, according to the present law, do not survive to or against such executors, administrators or representatives; It is enacted hereby as follows:-

name: Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed in life-time of deceased
details: 1. An action may be maintained by the executors, administrators or representatives of any person deceased for any wrong committed in the time of such person, which has occasioned pecuniary loss to his estate, for which wrong an action might have been maintained by such person, so as such wrong shall have been committed within one year before his death; and the damages, when recovered, shall be part of the personal estate of such person:  and further, an action may be maintained against the executors or administrators or heirs or representatives of any person deceased for any wrong committed by him in his lifetime for which he would have been subject to an action, so as such wrong shall have been committed within one year before such person's death; and the damages to be recovered in such action shall, if recovered against an executor or administrator bound to administer according to the English law, be payable in like order of administration as the simple contract debts of such person.
name: Death of either party not to abate suit
details: 2. No action commenced under the provisions of this Act shall abate by reason of the death of either party, but the same may be continued by or against the executors, administrators or representatives of the party deceased: Provided that, in any case in which any such action shall be continued against the executors, administrators or representatives of a deceased party, such executors, administrators or representatives may set up a want of assets as a defence to the action, either wholly or in part, in the same manner as if the action had been originally commenced against them.
The Bills of Lading Act, 1856
Published: 11th April, 1856

An Act to amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading. Preamble WHEREAS by the custom of merchants a bill of lading of goods being transferable by endorsement, the property in the goods may thereby pass to the endorsee, but never the less all rights in respect of the contract contained in the bill of lading continue in the original shipper or owner, and it is expedient that such rights should pass with the property; And whereas it frequently happens that the goods in respect of which bills of lading purport to be signed have not been laden on board, and it is proper that such bills of lading in the hands of a bona fide holder for value should not be questioned by the master or other person signing the same, on the ground of the goods not having been laden as aforesaid; It is enacted as follows:-

name: Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee
details: 1. Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
name: Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight
details: 2. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage in transitu, or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or owner, or any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement.
name: Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master, etc.
details: 3. Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration, representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board:  Provided that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.
The Acting Judges Act, 1867
Published: 1st March, 1867

An Act to authorize the making of acting appointments to certain Judicial Offices. Preamble WHEREAS the  1President, is empowered by divers enactments to appoint the Judges of certain Courts in  2Bangladesh: And whereas it has been doubted whether he * * * is empowered to appoint persons to act temporarily as such Judges, and it is expedient to remove such douIt;It is hereby enacted follows:-

name: Power to appoint acting Judges
details: 1. In every case in which the  3President, has power under any Act or Regulation to appoint a Judge of any Court,  such power shall be taken to include the power to appoint any person capable of being appointed a permanent Judge of such Court, to act as Judge of the same Court for such time as the  4President, shall direct. Every person so appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of any such Court shall have the powers and perform the duties which he would have had and been liable to perform in case he had been duly appointed a permanent Judge of the same Court.
name: Certain enact-ments to be construed as if they contained a clause like section 1 of this Act
details: 2. Every such Act and Regulation shall be construed as if it contained a special clause to the purport or effect of the first section of this Act.

1 The word “Bangladesh” was substituted, for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The words “or it” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 The word “President” was substituted, for the words “Central Government or the Provincial Government as the case may be” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
4 The word “President” was substituted, for the words “Central Government or the Provincial Government as the case may be” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
The Law Reports Act, 1875
Published: 13th October, 1875

An Act for the improvement of Law Reports. Preamble Repealed by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.

name: Short title
details: 1. This Act may be called the Law Reports Act, 1875.
name: Local extent
details: It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Commencement
details: 2And it shall come into force at once.
name: Repealed
details: 2.  Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (Act No. XII of 1876).
name: Authority given only to authorizedreports
details: 3. No Court shall be bound to hear cited, or shall receive or treat as an authority binding on it, the report of any case decided  3* * * by  4the Supreme Court, other than a report published under the authority of  5Government.
name: Authorityof judicialdecisions
details: 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to any judicial decision any further or other authority than it would have had if this Act had not been passed.

1 The words "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 Third paragraph of section 1 was substituted, for the original third paragraph by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 The words "on or after the said day" were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
4 The words "the Supreme Court" were substituted, for the words "any High Court" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
5 The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "a Provincial Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Agriculturists' Loans Act, 1884
Published: 24th July, 1884

Long title and Preamble. Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act VIII of 1973).

name: Short title
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Agriculturists' Loans Act, 1884; and
name: Commencement
details: (2) It shall come into force on the first day of August, 1884.
name: Extent
details: 12. It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
name: Repealed
details: 3. Repealed by section 2 and Schedule of the Repealing Act, 1938 (Act I of 1938).
name: Power for Government to make rules.
details: 4.(1)  2The Government or, the National Board of Revenue, subject to the control of the Government may, from time to time, make rules as to loans to be made to owners and occupiers of arable land, for the relief of distress, the purchase of seed or cattle or any other purpose not specified in the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883, but connected with agricultural objects.  (2) All such rules shall be published in the official Gazette.
name: Recovery of loans
details: 5. Every loan made in accordance with such rules, all interest (if any) chargeable thereon, and costs (if any) incurred in making or recovering the same, shall, when they become due, be recoverable from the person to whom the loan was made, or from any person who has become surety for the repayment thereof, as if they were arrears of land-revenue or costs incurred in recovering the same due by the person to whom the loan was made or by his surety.
name: Liability of joint borrowers as among themselves
details: 6. When a loan is made under this Act to the members of a village community or to any other persons on such terms that all of them are jointly and severally bound to the Government for the payment of the whole amount payable in respect thereof, and a statement showing the portion of that amount which as among themselves each is bound to contribute is entered upon the order granting the loan and is signed, marked, or sealed by each of them or his agent duly authorised in this behalf and by the officer making the order, that statement shall be conclusive evidence of the portion of that amount which as among themselves each of those persons is bound to contribute.

1 Section 2 was substituted, for the former section 2 by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The words and comma “The Government or, the National Board of Revenue” were substituted, for the words and commas “The Provincial Government or, in a Province for which there is a Board of Revenue or Financial Commissioner, such Board or Financial Commissioner” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Private Fisheries Protection Act, 1889
Published: 26th June, 1889

1♣An Act for the protection of the right of fishing in private waters. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the protection of private rights of fishery; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title, and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Private Fisheries Protection Act, 1889.  (2) It extends to the whole of  2Bangladesh.
name: Interpretation clause
details: 2. In this Act– “fish” includes shell-fish and turtles; “fixed engine” means any net, cage, trap or other contrivance for taking fish fixed in the soil or made stationary in any other way; “private waters” means waters- (a)	which are the exclusive property of any person; or (b)	in which any person has an exclusive right of fishery, and in which fish are not confined but have means of ingress or egress.
name: Penalties
details: 3.  Any person who- (a)	fishes in any private waters, not having a right to fish therein, (b)	erects, places, maintains or uses any fixed engine in private waters, or puts, or knowingly permits to be put, therein any matter for the purpose of catching or destroying fish without the permission of the person to whom the right of fishery therein belongs; shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be punished for a first offence with a fine not exceeding fifty Taka. and for a subsequent offence with imprisonment which may be simple or rigorous, for a term not exceeding one month or with a fine not exceeding two hundred Taka, or both: Provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to acts done by any person in the exercise of a bona fide claim of right, or shall prevent any person from angling with a rod and line or with a line only in any portion of a navigable river.
name: Forfeiture of fixed engine
details: 4. (1) Any fixed engine erected, placed, maintained or used in contravention of the last preceding section, and any fish taken by means of such engine, or otherwise in contravention of this Act, shall be forfeited.
name: Removal of fixed engine
details: (2) And such fixed engine may be removed or taken possession of by the Magistrate of the district, or such person as he empowers in this behalf.
name: Entry upon the land of another or upon private waters with intent to commit an offence
details: 5. Whoever enters upon land in the possession of another or upon private waters, with intent to commit any of the offences specified in section 3, shall be punished with a fine not exceeding fifty Taka.
name: Offences under this Act considered “cognizable offences”
details: 6. Offences committed, under this Act shall be considered to be “cognizable offences” as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.

1 Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the word “Taka” was substituted, for the word “rupees” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
2 The word “Bangladesh” was substituted, for the words “East Pakistan” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act VIII of 1973)
The Excise (Malt Liquors) Act, 1890
Published: 28th March, 1890

Long title Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). WHEREAS it is expedient to apply to malt liquor provisions of the Customs Act, 1969,respecting spirit; it is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Title
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Excise (Malt Liquors) Act, 1890: (2) Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (Act No.  X of 1914).
name: Repealed
details: 2-5. Repealed by the Excise Act, 1896 (Act No. XII of 1896).
name: Repealed
details: 6-8. Repealed by the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 (Act No. V of 1909).
name: Application of provisions of Customs Act, 1969, to malt liquor
details: 9. The provisions of  1Customs Act, 1969, with respect to the allowance of a drawback of excise-duty paid on spirit manufactured in  2Bangladesh and exported to a foreign port, and with respect to the regulation of the drawback by the quantity of such spirit, shall apply also, so far as they can be made applicable, to fermented liquor made in  3Bangladesh from malt and so exported and to the drawback of the excise-duty paid on such liquor.

1 The words, commas and figure “Customs Act, 1969,” were substituted, for the words, commas and figure “section 150 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878,” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
2 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
3 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
The Government Grants Act, 1895
Published: 10th October, 1895

An Act to explain the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, so far as relates to grants from the Government, and to remove certain doubts as to the powers of the Government in relation to such grants. WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the extent and operation of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and as to the power of the Government to impose limitations and restrictions upon grants and other transfers of land made by it or under its authority, and it is expedient to remove such doubts; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Government Grants Act, 1895.  (2) It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Transfer of Property Act, 1882, not to apply to Government grants
details: 2. Nothing in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, contained shall apply or be deemed ever to have applied to any grant or other transfer of land or of any interest therein heretofore made or hereafter to be made by or on behalf of the Government to, or in favour of, any person whomsoever; but every such grant and transfer shall be construed and take effect as if the said Act had not been passed.
name: Government grant to take effect according to their tenor
details: 3. All provisions, restrictions, conditions and limitations over contained in any such grant or transfer as aforesaid shall be valid and take effect according to their tenor, any rule of law, statute or enactment of the  2Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The word "Parliament" was substituted, for the word "Legislature" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899
Published: 27th September, 1899

An Act to provide for the Incorporation of Kirk Sessions of the Church of Scotland in 1Bangladesh. WHEREAS there are in  Bangladesh Kirk Sessions of the Church of Scotland which have been duly constituted to be Church Courts for ecclesiastical purposes in pursuance of Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; AND WHEREAS it is expedient that such Kirk Sessions and any others which may hereafter be so constituted, should be incorporated with the powers hereinafter provided; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1.(1) 	This Act may be called the Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899;  (2) 	It extends to the whole of  2Bangladesh.
name: Scotch Kirk Sessions to be bodies corporate
details: 2.(1) Every Kirk Session which has been, or may hereafter be, duly constituted to be a Church Court for ecclesiastical purposes in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is hereby declared to be, and the same shall be, a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal.  (2) A notification by the  3Government in the official Gazette that a Kirk Session has been duly constituted in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland shall be conclusive proof that it has been so constituted.
name: Power to hold and dispose of property
details: 3.(1) 	Every Kirk Session constituted as aforesaid shall, as a body corporate, have power to acquire and hold any property which has been, or may hereafter be, vested in it for the purposes of the Congregation for which it has been, or may hereafter be, constituted, or of any trust which may have been, or may hereafter be, accepted by it, to transfer the same, to contract and to do all other things necessary for, or incidental to, the purposes of its constitution or of any such trust as aforesaid.  (2) 	The signature of the Moderator and Treasurer or Session-clerk for the time being of a Kirk Session constituted as aforesaid shall, if affixed on behalf and by order of the Kirk Session, be sufficient for all purposes for which the signature of the Kirk Session is required.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "Central Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Anand Marriage Act, 1909
Published: 22nd October, 1909

An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called Anand WHEREAS it is expedient to remove any doubts as to the validity of the marriage ceremony common among the Sikhs called Anand; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Anand Marriage Act, 1909; and  (2)  It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Validity of Anand marriage
details: 2. All marriages which may be or may have been duly solemnized according to the Sikh marriage ceremony called Anand shall be, and shall be deemed to have been with effect from the date of the solemnization of each respectively, good and valid in law.
name: Exemption of certain marriages from Act
details: 3. Nothing in this Act shall apply to- (a)	any marriage between persons not professing the Sikh religion, or (b)	any marriage which has been judicially declared to be null and void.
name: Saving of marriages solemnized according to other ceremonies
details: 4. Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any marriage duly solemnized according to any other marriage ceremony customary among the Sikhs.
name: Non-validation of marriages within prohibited degrees
details: 5. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to validate any marriage between persons who are related to each other in any degree of consanguinity or affinity which would, according to the customary law of the Sikhs, render a marriage between them illegal.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913
Published: 7th March, 1913

An Act to declare the rights of Mussalmans to make settlements of property by way of “wakf” in favour of their families, children and descendants. WHEREAS doubts have arisen regarding the validity of wakfs created by persons professing the Mussalman faith in favour of themselves, their families, children and descendants and ultimately for the benefit of the poor or for other religious, pious or charitable purposes; and whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts; It is hereby enacted as follows:

name: Short title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913. (2) It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Definition
details: 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1)	“Wakf” means the permanent dedication by a person professing the Mussalman faith of any property for any purpose recognized by the Musslman law as religious, pious or charitable. (2)	“Hanafi Mussalman” means a follower of the Mussalman faith who conforms to the tenets and doctrines of the Hanafi school of Mussalman law.
name: Power of Mussalman to create certain wakfs
details: 3. It shall be lawful for any person professing the Mussalman faith to create a wakf which in all other respects is in accordance with the provisions of Mussalman law, for the following among other purposes:- (a)	for the maintenance and support wholly or partially of his family, children or descendants, and (a)	where the person creating a wakf is a Hanafi Mussalman, also for his own maintenance and support during his lifetime or for the payment of his debts out of the rents and profits of the property dedicated: Provided that the ultimate benefit is in such cases expressly or impliedly reserved for the poor or for any other purpose recognized by the Mussalman law as a religious, pious or charitable purpose of a permanent character.
name: Wakfs not to be invalid by reason of remoteness of benefit to poor, etc.
details: 4. No such wakf shall be deemed to be invalid merely because the benefit reserved therein for the poor or other religious, pious or charitable purpose of a permanent nature is postponed until after the extinction of the family, children or descendants of the person creating the wakf.
name: Saving of local and sectarian custom
details: 5. Nothing in this Act shall affect any custom or usage whether local or prevalent among Mussalmans of any particular class or sect.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916
Published: 28th September, 1916

An Act to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of disposition of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such disposition. WHEREAS it is expedient to remove certain existing disabilities in respect of the power of disposition of property by Hindus for the benefit of persons not in existence at the date of such disposition; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1.(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916. (2) 	It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Dispositions for the benefit of persons not in existence
details: 2.	Subject to the limitations and provisions specified in this Act, no disposition of property by a Hindu, whether by transfer inter vivos by will, shall be invalid by reason only that any person for whose benefit it may have been made was not in existence at the date of such disposition.
name: Limitations and conditions
details: 3. 	The limitations and provisions referred to in section 2 shall be the following, namely:-  (a) 	in respect of dispositions by transfer inter vivos, those contained in Chapter II of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and (b) 	in respect of dispositions by will, those contained in sections 113, 114, 115 and 116 of the Succession Act, 1925.
name: Repealed
details: 4. 	Repealed by section 12 of the Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act, 1929 (Act No. XXI of 1929).
name: Application of this Act to the khoja community
details: 5. 	Where the  2Government is of opinion that the Khoja community in  3Bangladesh or any part thereof desire that the provisions of this Act should be extended to such community, it may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare that the provisions of this Act, with the substitution of the word "Khojas" or "Khoja", as the case may be, for the word "Hindus" or "Hindu" wherever those words occur, shall apply to that community in such area as may be specified in the notification, and this Act shall thereupon have effect accordingly.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "Provincial Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the words "the Province" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act, 1926
Published: 25th March, 1926

An Act to define in certain cases the rights of legal practitioners to sue for their fees and their liabilities to be sued in respect of negligence in the discharge of their professional duties. WHEREAS it is expedient to define in certain cases the rights of legal practitioners to sue for their fees and their liabilities to be sued in respect of negligence in the discharge of their professional duties; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title, extent and commencement
details: 1.(1) This Act may be called the Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act, 1926.  (2)	It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.  (3) 	It shall come into force on such date as the  2Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
name: Interpretation
details: 2. For the purposes of this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, 3(a)	"Legal practitioner" means an advocate and includes a mukhtear or a Revenue agent; and  (b)	a legal practitioner shall not be deemed to "act" if he only pleads, or to "agree to act" if he agrees only to plead.
name: Agreement for engagement of legal practitioner
details: 3. Any legal practitioner who acts or agrees to act for any person may by private agreement settle with such person the terms of his engagement and the fee to be paid for his professional services.
name: Right of legal practitioner to sue for fees
details: 4. Any such legal practitioner shall be entitled to institute and maintain legal proceedings for the recovery of any fee due to him under the agreement, or, if no such fee has been settled, a fee computed in accordance with the law for the time being in force in regard to the computation of the costs to be awarded to a party in respect of the fee of his legal practitioner.
name: Liability of legal practitioner to be sued
details: 5. No legal practitioner who has acted or agreed to act shall, by reason only of being a legal practitioner, be exempt from liability to be sued in respect of any loss or injury due to any negligence in the conduct of his professional duties.
name: Repealed
details: 6. Repealed by section 2 and Schedule of the Repealing Act, 1927 (Act No. XII of 1927 ).

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The word "Government" was substituted, for the words "Central Government" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3 Clause (a) was substituted, for former clause (a) by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928
Published: 20th September, 1928

An Act amend the Hindu Law relating to exclusion from inheritance of certain classes of heirs, and to remove to certain doubts. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Hindu Law relating to exclusion from inheritance of certain classes of heirs, and to remove certain doubts; it is hereby enacted as follows:

name: Short title, extent and application
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928.  (2) It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.  (3) It shall not apply to any person governed by the Dayabhaga School of Hindu Law.
name: Persons not to be excluded from inheritance or rights in joint-family property
details: 2. Notwithstanding any rule of Hindu Law or custom to the contrary, no person governed by the Hindu Law, other than a person who is and has been from birth a lunatic or idiot, shall be excluded from inheritance or from any right or share in joint-family property by reason only of any disease, deformity, or physical or mental defect.
name: Saving and exception
details: 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any right which has accrued or any liability which has been incurred before the commencement thereof, or shall be deemed to confer upon any person any right in respect of any religious office or service or of the management of any religious or charitable trust which he would not have had if this Act had not been passed.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929
Published: 21st February, 1929

An Act to alter the order in which certain heirs of a Hindu male dying intestate are entitled to succeed to his estate. WHEREAS it is expedient to alter the order in which certain heirs of a Hindu male dying interstate are entitled to succeed to his estate; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title extent and application
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929.  (2) It extends to the whole of  Bangladesh, but it applies only to persons who, but for the passing of this Act, would have been subject to the law of Mitakshara in respect of the provision herein enacted, and it applies to such persons in respect only of the property of males not held in coparcenary and not disposed of by will.
name: Order of succession of certain heirs
details: 2. A son's daughter, daughter's daughter, sister, and sister's son shall, in the order so specified, be entitled to rank in the order of succession next after a father's father and before a father's brother:  Provided that a sister's son shall not include a son adopted after the sister's death.
name: Savings
details: 3. Nothing in this Act shall- (a) 	affect any special family or local custom having the force of law, or (b) 	vest in a son's daughter, daughter's daughter or sister an estate larger than, or different in kind from, that possessed by a female in property inherited by her from a male according to the school of Mitakshara law by which the male was governed, or (c) 	enable more than one person to succeed by inheritance to the estate of a deceased Hindu male which by a customary or other rule of succession descends to a single heir.
The Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930
Published: 25th July, 1930

An Act to remove doubt as to the rights of a member of a Hindu undivided family in property acquired by him by means of his learning. WHEREAS it is expedient to remove doubt, and to provide an uniform rule, as to the rights of a member of a Hindu undivided family in property acquired by him by means of his learning; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930.  (2) It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Definitions
details: 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-  (a) 	"acquirer" means a member of a Hindu undivided family, who acquired gains of learning; (b) 	"gains of learning" means all acquisitions of property made substantially by means of learning, whether such acquisitions be made before or after the commencement of this Act and whether such acquisitions be the ordinary or the extraordinary result of such learning; and (c) 	"learning" means education, whether elementary, technical, scientific, special or general, and training of every kind which is usually intended to enable a person to pursue any trade, industry, profession or a vocation in life.
name: Gains of learning not to be held not to be separate property of acquirer merely for certain reasons
details: 3. Notwithstanding any custom, rule or interpretation of the Hindu Law, no gains of learning shall be held not to be the exclusive and separate property of the acquirer merely by reason of-  (a) 	his learning having been, in whole or in part, imparted to him by any member, living or deceased, of his family, or with the aid of the joint funds of his family, or with the aid of the funds of any member thereof, or (b) 	himself of his family having, while he was acquiring his learning, been maintained of supported, wholly or in part, by the joint funds of his family, or by the funds of any member thereof.
name: Savings
details: 4. This Act shall not be deemed in any way to affect-  (a) 	the terms or incidents of any transfer of property made or effected before the commencement of this Act, (b) 	the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already suffered or done before the commencement of this Act, (c) 	any right or liability created under a partition, or an agreement for a partition, of joint family property made before the commencement of this Act, or (d) 	any remedy or proceeding in respect of such right or liability; or to render invalid or in any way affect anything done before the commencement of this Act in any proceeding pending in a Court at such commencement; and any such remedy and any such proceeding as is herein referred to may be enforced, instituted or continued, as the case may be, as if this Act had not been passed.

1 The word "Bangladesh" was substituted, for the word "Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930
Published: 25th July, 1930

An Act to give retrospective effect to the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913. WHEREAS the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913, does not apply to wakfs created before its enactment; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to validate such wakfs without infringing any rights contrary thereto which may have already accrued or been acquired; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title
details: 1. This Act may be called the Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930.
name: Act VI of 1913 to apply retrospectively
details: 2. The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913, shall be deemed to apply to wakfs created before its commencement:  Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed in any way to affect any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred before the commencement of this Act.
The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937
Published: 14th April, 1937

An Act to amend the Hindu Law governing Hindu Women’s Rights to Property. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Hindu Law to give better rights to women in respect of property; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937. (2) 	It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh.
name: Application
details: 2. Notwithstanding any rule of Hindu Law or custom to the contrary, the provisions of section 3 shall apply where a Hindu dies intestate leaving a widow.
name: Devolution of property
details: 3. (1) When a Hindu governed by the Dayabhag School of Hindu Law dies intestate leaving any property, and when a Hindu governed by any other school of Hindu Law or by customary law dies intestate leaving separate property, his widow, or if there is more than one widow all his widows together, shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be entitled in respect of property in respect of which he dies intestate to the same share as a son: Provided that the widow of a predeceased son shall inherit in like manner as a son if there is no son surviving of such predeceased son, and shall inherit in like manner as a son's son if there is surviving a son or son's son of such predeceased son: Provided further that the same provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to the widow of a predeceased son of a predeceased son. (2) 	When a Hindu governed by any school of Hindu Law other than the Dayabhag School or by customary law dies having at the time of his death an interest in a Hindu joint family property, his widow shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), have in the property the same interest as he himself had. (3) 	Any interest devolving on a Hindu widow under the provisions of this section shall be the limited interest known as a Hindu Woman's estate, provided however that she shall have the same right of claiming partition as a male owner. (4) 	The provisions of this section shall not apply to an estate which by a customary or other rule of succession or by the terms of the grant applicable thereto descends to a single heir or to any property to which the Succession Act, 1925, applies.
name: Savings
details: 4. Nothing in this Act shall apply to the property of any Hindu dying intestate before the commencement of this Act.
name: Meaning of expression “die intestate”
details: 5. For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to die intestate in respect of all property of which he has not made a testamentary disposition which is capable of taking effect.

1 The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
Published: 14th April, 1937

An Act to recognise and remove doubts as to the validity of inter-marriages current among Arya Samajists. WHEREAS it is expedient to recognise and place beyond doubt the validity of inter-marriages of a class of Hindus known as Arya Samajists; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and extent
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937. (2) It extends to the whole of  1Bangladesh and applies also to all citizens of  2Bangladesh wherever they may be.
name: Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid
details: 2. Notwithstanding any provision of Hindu Law, usage or custom to the contrary, no marriage contracted whether before or after the commencement of this Act between two persons being at the time of the marriage Arya Samajists shall be invalid or shall be deemed ever to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties at any time belonged to different castes or different sub-castes of Hindus or that either or both of the parties at any time before the marriage belonged to a religion other than Hinduism.

1 The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2 The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
The Cutchi Memons Act, 1938
Published: 8th April, 1938

An Act to provide that all Cutchi Memons shall be governed in matters of succession and inheritance by the  1Muslim Law. WHEREAS it is expedient that all Cutchi Memons be governed in matters of succession and inheritance by the  Muslim Law; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

name: Short title and commencement
details: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Cutchi Memons Act, 1938. (2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1938.
name: Cutchi Memons to be governed in certain matter by Muslim Law
details: 2. Subject to the provisions of section 3, all Cutchi Memons shall, in matters of succession and inheritance, be governed by the  2Muslim Law.
name: Savings
details: 3. Nothing in this Act shall affect any right or liability acquired or incurred before its commencement, or any legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right or liability; and any such legal proceeding or remedy may be continued or enforced as if this Act had not been passed.

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