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act-1_1 | 1The Districts Act, 1836 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1836 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1.html | 1 | Power to create new Districts | It shall be lawful for the
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[***] Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to create new districts in any part of Bangladesh.
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[Government may, from time to time, alter the limits of the existing districts in any part of Bangladesh]. |
act-1_2 | 1The Districts Act, 1836 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1836 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1.html | 2 | Footnotes | 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 wa... |
act-2_0 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 0 | Preamble | 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:- |
act-2_1 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 1 | Public Accountants to give security | 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. |
act-2_2 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 2 | Amount and kind of security, and with what sureties | 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 ... |
act-2_3 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 3 | “Public accountant” defined | 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 person... |
act-2_4 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 4 | Prosecution of accountants and sureties | 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. |
act-2_5 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 5 | Enactments applied to proceedings by and against accountants | 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 c... |
act-2_6 | The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-2.html | 6 | [Repealed] | 6. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).] |
act-3_0 | The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XVIII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-3.html | 0 | Preamble | An Act for the protection of Judicial Officers. Preamble FOR the greater protection of Magistrates and others acting judicially; It is enacted as follows:- |
act-3_1 | The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XVIII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-3.html | 1 | Non-liability to suit of officers acting judicially, for official acts done in good faith, and of officers executing warrants and orders | 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,... |
act-4_0 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 0 | Preamble | For regulating Inquiries into the behaviour of Public Servants. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law for regulating inquiries into the behaviour of public servants not removable from their appointments without the sanction of the Government, and to make the same uniform throughout 1 [Bangladesh]; It is enacted as f... |
act-4_1 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 1 | [Repealed] | 1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).] |
act-4_2 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 2 | Articles of charge to be drawn out for public inquiry into conduct of certain public servants | 2. Whenever the Government shall be of opinion that there are good grounds for making a formal and public inquiry into the truth of any imputation of misbehaviour by any person
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[in the service of the Republic] not removable from his appointment without the sanction of the Government, it may cause the substance of the... |
act-4_3 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 3 | Authorities to whom inquiry may be committed
Notice to accused | 3. The inquiry may be committed either to the Court, Board or other authority to which the person accused is subordinate, or to any other person or persons, to be specially appointed by the Government, commissioners for the purpose: notice of which commission shall be given to the person accused ten days at least befor... |
act-4_4 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 4 | Conduct of Government prosecution | 4. When the Government shall think fit to conduct the prosecution, it shall nominate some person to conduct the same on its behalf. |
act-4_5 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 5 | Charge by accuser to be written and verified.Penalty for false accusation. Institution of inquiry by Government | 5. When the charge shall be brought by an accuser, the Government shall require the accusation to be reduced to writing, and verified by the oath or solemn affirmation of the accuser; and every person who shall wilfully and maliciously make any false accusation under this Act, upon such oath or affirmation, shall be li... |
act-4_6 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 6 | Security from accuser left by Government, to prosecute | 6. Where the imputations shall have been made by an accuser, and the Government shall think fit to leave to him the conduct of the prosecution, the Government before appointing the commission shall require him to furnish reasonable security that he will attend and prosecute the charge thoroughly and effectually, and al... |
act-4_7 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 7 | Power of Government to abandon prosecution and to allow accuser to continue it | 7. At any subsequent stage of the proceedings, the Government may, if it think fit, abandon the prosecution, and in such case may, if it think fit, on the application of the accuser, allow him to continue the prosecution, if he is desirous of so doing, on his furnishing such security as is hereinbefore mentioned. |
act-4_8 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 8 | Powers of commissioners. Their protection Service of their process Powers of Court, etc., acting under commission | 8. The commissioners shall have the same power of punishing contempt's and obstructions to their proceedings, as is given to Civil and Criminal Courts by the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
, and shall have the same powers for the summons of witnesses, and for compelling the production of documents, and for the discha... |
act-4_9 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 9 | Penalty for disobedience to process | 9. All persons disobeying any lawful process issued as aforesaid for the purposes of the commission shall be liable to the same penalties as if the same had issued originally from the Court or other authority through whom it is executed. |
act-4_10 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 10 | Copy of charge and list to be furnished to accused | 10. A copy of the articles of charge, and list of the documents and witnesses by which each charge is to be sustained, shall be delivered to the person accused, at least three days before the beginning of the inquiry, exclusive of the day of delivery and the first day of the inquiry. |
act-4_11 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 11 | Procedure at beginning of inquiry
Non-appearance of accused and admission of charge | 11. At the beginning of the inquiry the prosecutor shall exhibit the articles of charge to the commissioners, which shall be openly read, and the person accused shall thereupon be required to plead "guilty" or "not guilty" to each of them, which pleas shall be forthwith recorded with the articles of charge. If the pers... |
act-4_12 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 12 | Prosecutor's right of address | 12. The prosecutor shall then be entitled to address the commissioners in explanation of the articles of charge, and of the evidence by which they are to be proved: his address shall not be recorded. |
act-4_13 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 13 | Evidence for prosecution and examination of witnesses.Re-examination by prosecutor | 13. The oral and documentary evidence for the prosecution shall then be exhibited; the witnesses shall be examined by or on behalf of the prosecutor and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of the person accused. The prosecutor shall be entitled to re-examine the witnesses on any points on which they have been cross e... |
act-4_14 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 14 | Power to admit or call for new evidence for prosecution
Accused's right to adjournment | 14. If it shall appear necessary before the close of the case for the prosecution, the commissioners may in their discretion allow the prosecutor to exhibit evidence not included in the list given to the person accused, or may themselves call for new evidence; and in such case the person accused shall be entitled to ha... |
act-4_15 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 15 | Defence of accused.
To be recorded only when written | 15. When the case for the prosecution is closed, the person accused shall be required to make his defence, orally or in writing, as he shall prefer. If made orally, it shall not be recorded; if made in writing, it shall be recorded, after being openly read, and in that case a copy shall be given at the same time to the... |
act-4_16 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 16 | Evidence for defence and examination of witnesses | 16. The evidence for the defence shall then be exhibited, and the witnesses examined, who shall be liable to cross-examination and re-examination and to examination by the commissioners according to the like rules as the witnesses for the prosecution. |
act-4_17 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 17 | [Repealed] | 17. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (Act No. XII of 1876).] |
act-4_18 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 18 | Notes of oral evidence | 18. The commissioners or some person appointed by them shall take notes in English of all the oral evidence, which shall be read aloud to each witness by whom the same was given, and, if necessary, explained to him in the language in which it was given, and shall be recorded with the proceedings. |
act-4_19 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 19 | Inquiry when closed with defence. Prosecutor when entitled to reply and give evidence. Accused not entitled to adjournment | 19. If the person accused makes only an oral defence, and exhibits no evidence, the inquiry shall end with his defence; if he records a written defence, or exhibits evidence, the prosecutor shall be entitled to a general oral reply on the whole case, and may also exhibit evidence to contradict any evidence exhibited fo... |
act-4_20 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 20 | Power to require amendment of charge and to adjourn
Reasons for refusing adjournment to be recorded | 20. When the commissioners shall be of opinion that the articles of charge or any of them, are not drawn with sufficient clearness and precision, the commissioners may, in their discretion, require the same to be amended, and may thereupon, on the application of the person accused, adjourn the inquiry for a reasonable ... |
act-4_21 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 21 | Report of commissioners' proceedings | 21. After the close of the inquiry the commissioner shall forthwith report to Government their proceedings under the commission, and shall send with the record thereof their opinion upon each of the articles of charge separately, with such observations as they think fit on the whole case. |
act-4_22 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 22 | Power to call for further evidence or explanation. Inquiry into additional articles of charge
Reference of report of special commissioners' final orders | 22. The Government, on consideration of the report of the commissioners, may order them to take further evidence, or give further explanation of their opinions. It may also order additional articles of charge to be framed, in which case the inquiry into the truth of such additional articles shall be made in the same ma... |
act-4_23 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 23 | -24. [Omitted] | 23.-24. [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the
Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973
(Act No. VIII of 1973).] |
act-4_24 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 24 | Saving of power of removal with-out inquiry under Act | 25. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the authority of Government, for suspending or removing any public servant for any cause without an inquiry under this Act. |
act-4_25 | The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 | ( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-4.html | 25 | Footnotes | 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 “in the service of the Republic” were substituted, for the words “in the service of the Government” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule ... |
act-5_0 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 0 | Preamble | An Act for enabling Government to levy Tolls on Public Roads and Bridges. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to enable Government to levy tolls upon roads and bridges; It is enacted as follows:- |
act-5_1 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 1 | [Repealed] | 1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act XIV of 1870).] |
act-5_2 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 2 | Extent | 1A.
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[This Act extends to the whole of Bangladesh]. |
act-5_3 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 3 | Power to cause levy of tolls on roads and bridges, and to appoint collectors | 2. The
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[* * *] Government may cause such rates of toll, as it thinks fit, to be levied upon any road or bridge which has been, or shall hereafter be, made or repaired at the expense of the
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[* * *] Government; and may place the collection of such tolls under the management of such persons as may appear to it proper:... |
act-5_4 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 4 | Recovery of tolls | 3. In case of non-payment of any such toll on demand, the officer appointed to collect the same may seize any of the carriages or animals on which it is chargeable, or any part of their burden of sufficient value to defray the toll; and, if any toll remains undischarged for twenty-four hours, with the cost arising from... |
act-5_5 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 5 | Release of seized property on tender of dues | Provided that, if, at any time before the sale has actually begun, the person whose property has been seized shall tender the amount of all the expenses incurred, and of double the toll payable by him, the said officer shall forthwith release the property seized. |
act-5_6 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 6 | Exemption from payment of tolls | 4. The following persons and things shall be exempt from payment of tolls:
(a) Government Stores and persons in charge thereof;
(b) Public servants travelling on duty, and the vehicles and animals employed by the persons aforesaid;
(c) Any other class of persons or things which may be exempted by order of the
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[Gover... |
act-5_7 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 7 | Assistance by Police-officers | 5. All Police-officers shall be bound to assist the toll-collectors, when required, in the execution of this Act; and, for that purpose, shall have the same power which they have in the exercise of their common police-duties. |
act-5_8 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 8 | Penalty for offences. Compensation to person aggrieved, etc | 6. Every person, other than the persons appointed to collect the tolls under this Act, who shall levy or demand any toll on any public road or bridge, or for passing through any bazar situated thereon, and also every person who shall unlawfully and extortionately demand, or take any other or higher toll than the lawful... |
act-5_9 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 9 | Exhibition of table of tolls, and Statement of penalties | 7. A table of the tolls authorized to be taken at any toll-gate or station shall be put up in a conspicuous place near such gate or station legibly written or printed in
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[Bengali] words and figures,
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[* * *] to which shall be annexed, written or printed in like manner, a statement of the penalties for refusing to pa... |
act-5_10 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 10 | Tolls levied deemed to be public revenue | 8. The tolls levied under this Act shall be deemed public revenue. |
act-5_11 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 11 | Lease of the levy of tolls | 8
[9.(1) The Government may, from time to time, lease by public auction the levy of tolls upon any public road or bridge, for any period not exceeding 3 years, on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit.
(2) The levy of tolls shall be settled with the highest bidder by open public auction:
Provided that the Govern... |
act-5_12 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 12 | Lessee and persons appointed by lessee deemed to be appointed to collect tolls | 10. When the right to collect tolls on any public road or bridge has been duly leased, the lessee and the persons employed by the lessee as his agent for collecting tolls shall be deemed to be persons appointed to collect tolls under this Act, and shall exercise all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities... |
act-5_13 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 13 | Lessee may compound with any person | 11. The lessee of any toll bar may compound with any person for a certain sum to be paid by such person for himself or for any vehicles or animals kept by him in lieu of the prescribed rates. |
act-5_14 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 14 | Penalty for refusal to pay toll | 12. Whoever, having rendered himself liable to payment of tolls, refuses to pay such tolls, shall be liable to fine which may extend to one hundred Taka. |
act-5_15 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 15 | Government may direct any officer to discharge its power | 13. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that any power or duty which is conferred or imposed by this Act upon the Government, shall be exercised or discharged by any officer subordinate to it. |
act-5_16 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 16 | Rule making power | 14. The Government may make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, “to carry out the purposes of this Act.”] |
act-5_17 | The Tolls Act, 1851 | ( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-5.html | 17 | Footnotes | 1 The words “This Act extends to the whole of Bangladesh” were substituted, for section 1A 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-6_0 | The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-6.html | 0 | Preamble | 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... |
act-6_1 | The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-6.html | 1 | Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed in life-time of deceased | 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... |
act-6_2 | The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-6.html | 2 | Death of either party not to abate suit | 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, ad... |
act-7_0 | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-7.html | 0 | Preamble | An Act to provide compensation to families for loss occasioned by the death of a person caused by actionable wrong. Preamble WHEREAS no action or suit is now maintainable in any Court against a person who, by his wrongful act, neglect or default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is often-times right ... |
act-7_1 | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-7.html | 1 | Suit for compensation to the family of a person for loss occasioned to it by his death by actionable wrong | 1. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the party who would have been liable if death had not ensued sha... |
act-7_2 | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-7.html | 2 | Not more than one suit to be brought.Claim for loss to estate may be added | 2. Provided always that not more than one action or suit shall be brought for, and in respect of the same subject-matter of complaint: Provided that, in any such action or suit, the executor, administrator or representative of the deceased may insert a claim for and recover any pecuniary loss to the estate of the decea... |
act-7_3 | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-7.html | 3 | Plaintiff shall deliver particulars, etc. | 3. The plaint in any such action or suit shall give a full particular of the person or persons whom, or on whose behalf, such action or suit shall be brought, and of the nature of the claim in respect of which damages shall be sought to be recovered. |
act-7_4 | The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 | ( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-7.html | 4 | Interpretation clause | 4. The following words and expressions are intended to have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, so far as such meanings are not excluded by the context or by the nature of the subject-matter; that is to say the word "person" shall apply to bodies politic and corporate; and the word "parent" shall include... |
act-8_0 | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-8.html | 0 | Preamble | 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 t... |
act-8_1 | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-8.html | 1 | Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee | 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 res... |
act-8_2 | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-8.html | 2 | Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight | 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 ... |
act-8_3 | The Bills of Lading Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-8.html | 3 | Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master, etc. | 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 b... |
act-9_0 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 0 | Preamble | An Act to remove all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu Widows. Preamble WHEREAS it is known that, by the law as administered in the Civil Courts 1 [* * *], Hindu widows with certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of contracting a second valid marriage, and the o... |
act-9_1 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 1 | Marriage of Hindu widows legalized | 1. No marriage contracted between Hindus shall be invalid, and the issue of no such marriage shall be illegitimate, by reason of the woman having been previously married or betrothed to another person who was dead at the time of such marriage, any custom and any interpretation of Hindu law to the contrary notwithstandi... |
act-9_2 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 2 | Rights of widow in deceased husband's property to cease on her re-marriage | 2. All rights and interests which any widow may have in her deceased husband's property by way of maintenance, or by inheritance to her husband or to his lineal successors, or by virtue of any will or testamentary disposition conferring upon her, without express permission to re-marry, only a limited interest in such p... |
act-9_3 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 3 | Guardianship of children of deceased husband on the re-marriage of his widow | 3. On the re-marriage of a Hindu widow, if neither the widow nor any other person has been expressly constituted by the will or testamentary disposition of the deceased husband the guardian of his children the father or paternal grandfather or the mother or paternal grandmother, of the deceased husband, or any male rel... |
act-9_4 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 4 | Nothing in this Act to render any childless widow capable of inheriting | 4. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to render any widow who, at the time of the death of any person leaving any property, is a childless widow, capable of inheriting the whole or any share of such property, if before the passing of this Act, she would have been incapable of inheriting the same by reason... |
act-9_5 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 5 | Saving of rights of widow marrying, except as provided in sections 2 to 4 | 5. Except as in the three preceding sections is provided, a widow shall not, by reason of her re-marriage forfeit any property or any right to which she would otherwise be entitled; and every widow who has re-married shall have the same rights of inheritance as she would have had, had such marriage been her first marri... |
act-9_6 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 6 | Ceremonies constituting valid marriage to have same effect on widow's marriage | 6. Whatever words spoken, ceremonies performed or engagements made on the marriage of a Hindu female who has not been previously married, are sufficient to constitute a valid marriage, shall have the same effect if spoken, performed or made on the marriage of a Hindu widow; and no marriage shall be declared invalid on ... |
act-9_7 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 7 | Consent to re-marriage of minor widow | 7. If the widow re-marrying is a minor whose marriage has not been consummated, she shall not re-marry without the consent of her father, or if she has no father, of her paternal grandfather, or if she has no such grandfather, of her mother, or, failing all these, of her elder brother, or failing also brothers, of her ... |
act-9_8 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 8 | All persons knowingly abetting a marriage made contrary to the provisions of this section shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year or to fine or to both. | |
act-9_9 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 9 | And all marriages made contrary to the provisions of this section may be declared void by a Court of law; Provided, that in any question regarding the validity of a marriage made contrary to the provisions of this section, such consent as is aforesaid shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, and that no such mar... | |
act-9_10 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 10 | In the case of a widow who is of full age, or whose marriage has been consummated, her own consent shall be sufficient consent to constitute her re-marriage lawful and valid. | |
act-9_11 | The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856 | ( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-9.html | 11 | Footnotes | 1 The words “established in the territories in the possession and under the Government of East India Company” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) |
act-10_0 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 0 | Preamble | An Act for the Registration of Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for improving the legal condition of societies established for the promotion of literature, science, or the fine arts, or for the diffusion of useful knowledge, the diffusion of p... |
act-10_1 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 1 | Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration | 1. Any seven or more persons associated for any literary, scientific or charitable purpose, or for any such purpose as is described in section 20 of this Act, may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and filing the same with the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies form themselves into a society und... |
act-10_2 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 2 | Memorandum of association | 2. The memorandum of association shall contain the following things (that is to say)-
the name of the society:
the objects of the society:
the names, addresses, and occupations of the governors, council, directors, committee or other governing body to whom, by the rules of the society, the management of its affairs is ... |
act-10_3 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 3 | Registration of societies | 1
[3. Upon the filing of the memorandum and certified copy of the rules and regulations of the society under section 2, the registrar shall certify under his hand that the society is registered under this Act. |
act-10_4 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 4 | Fees to be paid to the Registrar | 3A. There shall be paid to the registrar for registration of a society and for matters mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, fees specified in that Schedule or such smaller fees as the Government may direct.] |
act-10_5 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 5 | Annual list of managing body to be filed | 4. Once in every year, on or before the fourteenth day succeeding the day on which, according to the rules of the society, the annual general meeting of the society is held, or, if the rules do not provide for an annual general meeting, in the month of January, a list shall be filed with the Registrar of Joint-stock Co... |
act-10_6 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 6 | Property of society how vested | 5. The property, moveable and immoveable, belonging to a society registered under this Act, if not vested in trustees, shall be deemed to be vested, for the time being, in the governing body of such society, and in all proceedings, civil and criminal, may be described as the property of the governing body of such socie... |
act-10_7 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 7 | Suits by and against societies | 6. Every society registered under this Act may sue or be sued in the name of the president, chairman, or principal secretary, or trustees, as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the society, and, in default of such determination, in the name of such person as shall be appointed by the governing body for... |
act-10_8 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 8 | Suits not to abate | 7. No suit or proceeding in any Civil Court shall abate or discontinue by reason of the person by or against whom such suit or proceedings shall have been brought or continued, dying or ceasing to fill the character in the name whereof he shall have sued or been sued, but the same suit or proceedings shall be continued... |
act-10_9 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 9 | Enforcement of judgment against society | 8. If a judgment shall be recovered against the person or officer named on behalf of the society, such judgment shall not be put in force against the property, moveable or immoveable, or against the body of such person or officer, but against the property of the society.
The application for execution shall set forth th... |
act-10_10 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 10 | Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law | 9. Whenever by any bye-law duly made in accordance with the rules and regulations of the society, or, if the rules do not provide for the making of bye-laws, by any bye-law made at a general meeting of the members of the society convened for the purpose (for the making of which the concurrent votes of three-fifths of t... |
act-10_11 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 11 | Members liable to be sued as strangers | 10. Any member who may be in arrear of a subscription which, according to the rules of the society he is bound to pay, or who shall possess himself of or detain any property of the society in a manner or for a time contrary to such rules, or shall injure or destroy any property of the society, may be sued for such arre... |
act-10_12 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 12 | Recovery by successful defendant of costs adjudged | But if the defendant shall be successful in any suit or other proceeding brought against him at the instance of the society, and shall be adjudged to recover his costs, he may elect to proceed to recover the same from the officer in whose name the suit shall be brought, or from the society, and in the latter case shall... |
act-10_13 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 13 | Members guilty of offences punishable as strangers | 11. Any member of the society who shall steal, purloin or embezzle any money or other property, or wilfully and maliciously destroy or injure any property of such society, or shall forge any deed, bond, security for money, receipt, or other instrument, whereby the funds of the society may be exposed to loss, shall be s... |
act-10_14 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 14 | Societies enable to alter, extend or abridge their purposes | 12.(a) Whenever it shall appear to the governing body of any society registered under this Act, which has been established for any particular purpose or purposes, that it is advisable to alter, extend or abridge such purpose to or for other purposes within the meaning of this Act, or to amalgamate such society either w... |
act-10_15 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 15 | Provided that no society shall be dissolved unless three-fifths of the members shall have expressed a wish for such dissolution by their votes delivered in person, or by proxy, at a general meeting convened for the purpose: | |
act-10_16 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 16 | Provided that
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[whenever the Government] is a member of, or a contributor to, or otherwise interested in, any society registered under this Act, such society shall not be dissolved without the consent of the Government
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[* * *]. | |
act-10_17 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 17 | Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs. | 13. Any number not less than three-fifths of the members of any society may determine that it shall be dissolved, and thereupon it shall be dissolved forthwith, or at the time then agreed upon, and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of the society, its claims and liabilit... |
act-10_18 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 18 | Upon a dissolution no member to receive profit. Clause not to apply to Joint-stock Companies | 14. If upon the dissolution of any society registered under this Act there shall remain after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the said society or any of them, but shall be given to some other society, to be dete... |
act-10_19 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 19 | Member defined. Disqualified Members | 15. For the purposes of this Act a member of a society shall be a person who, having been admitted therein according to the rules and regulations thereof, shall have paid a subscription or shall have signed the roll or list of members thereof, and shall not have resigned in accordance with such rules and regulations; b... |
act-10_20 | The Societies Registration Act, 1860 | ( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 ) | http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-10.html | 20 | Governing body defined | 16. The governing body of the society shall be the governors, council, directors, committee, trustees or other body to whom by the rules and regulations of the society the management of its affairs is entrusted. |
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