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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 2 [***] Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to create new districts in any part of Bangladesh. 3 [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 was added by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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 authority by which each public accountant is appointed to his office.
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 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.
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 case, to the proceedings against and by such public accountant.
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, 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.
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 follows:-
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 2 [in the service of the Republic] not removable from his appointment without the sanction of the Government, it may cause the substance of the imputations to be drawn into distinct articles of charge, and may order a formal and public inquiry to be made into the truth thereof.
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 before the beginning of the inquiry.
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 liable to the penalties of perjury, but this enactment shall not be construed to prevent the Government from instituting any enquiry which it shall think fit, without such accusation on oath or solemn affirmation as aforesaid.
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 also will be forthcoming to answer any counter-charge or action which may be afterwards brought against him for malicious prosecution or perjury or subornation of perjury, as the case may be.
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 discharge of their duty under the commission, and shall be entitled to the same protection as the Zila and City Judges, except that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or other compulsory process, shall be served through and executed by the Zila or City Judge in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides, on whom the process is to be served. When the commission has been issued to a Court, or other person or persons having power to issue such process in the exercise of their ordinary authority, they may also use all such power for the purposes of the commission.
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 person accused refuses, or without reasonable cause neglects, to appear to answer the charge either personally or by his counsel or agent, he shall be taken to admit the truth of the articles of charge.
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 examined, but not on any new matter, without leave of the commissioners, who also may put such question as they think fit.
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 have, if he demand it, adjournment of the proceedings for three clear days, before the exhibition of such new evidence exclusive of the day of adjournment and of the day to which the proceedings are adjourned.
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 prosecutor.
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 for the defence, in which case the person accused shall not be entitled to any adjournment of the proceedings, although such new evidence were not included in the list furnished to him.
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 time. The commissioners may also, if they think fit, adjourn the inquiry from time to time, on the application of either the prosecutor or the person accused on the ground of sickness or unavoidable absence of any witness or other reasonable cause. When such application is made and refused, the commissioners shall record the application, and their reasons for refusing to comply with it.
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 manner as is herein directed with respect to the original charges. When special commissioners have been appointed, the Government may also, if it thinks fit, refer the report of the commissioners to the Court or other authority to which the person accused is subordinate, for their opinion on the case; and will finally pass such orders thereon as appear just and consistent with its powers in such cases.
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 of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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. 1 [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 2 [* * ] 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 3 [ * *] Government; and may place the collection of such tolls under the management of such persons as may appear to it proper: and all persons employed in the management and collection of such tolls shall be liable to the same responsibilities as would belong to them if employed in the collection of the land-revenue.
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 such seizure, the case shall be brought before the officer appointed to superintend the collection of the said toll, who may sell the property seized for discharge of the toll, and all expenses occasioned by such non-payment, seizure and sale, and cause any balance that may remain to be returned, on demand, to the owner of the property; and the said officer, on receipt of the property, shall forthwith issue a notice that, at noon of the next day, exclusive of Sunday, or any closed holiday, he will sell the property by auction:
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 4 [Government] provided that no exemption shall be granted during the currency of a lease.
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 toll, or under colour of this Act seize or sell any property knowing such seizure or sale to be unlawful, or in any manner unlawfully extort money or any valuable thing from any person under colour of this Act, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six calendar months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred 5 [Taka], any part of which fine may be awarded by the Magistrate to the person aggrieved; but this remedy shall not be deemed to bar or affect his right to have redress by suit in the Civil Court.
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 6 [Bengali] words and figures, 7 [* * *] to which shall be annexed, written or printed in like manner, a statement of the penalties for refusing to pay the tolls and for taking any unlawful toll.
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 Government may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to accept the offer of the highest bidder, and may accept any other bid or may withdraw the tolls from such auction. (3) The lessee shall give security for the due fulfilment of the conditions of the lease, and the sums payable under the terms of the lease shall be recoverable as a public demand.
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 attaching to persons so appointed.
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, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 3 The words “Central or any Provincial” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 4 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) 5 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) 6 The word “Bengali” was substituted, for the word “English” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 7 The words and comma “and also in those of the vernacular language of the district,” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) 8 Sections 9 to 14 were inserted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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 such executors, administrators or representatives; It is enacted hereby as follows:-
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 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.
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, 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.
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 and expedient that the wrong doer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him; It is enacted as follows:-
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 shall be liable to an action or suit for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony or other crime. Every such action or suit shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and child, if any, of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and shall be brought by and in the name of the executor, administrator or representative of the person deceased; and in every such action the Court may give such damages as it may think proportioned to the loss resulting from such death to the parties respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought; and the amount so recovered, after deducting all costs and expenses, including the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before mentioned parties, or any of them, in such shares as the Court by its judgment or decree shall direct.
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 deceased occasioned by such wrongful act, neglect or default, which sum, when recovered, shall be deemed part of the assets of the estate of the deceased.
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 father and mother and grand-father and grand-mother; and the word "child" shall include son and daughter and grand-son and grand-daughter and step-son and step-daughter.
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 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:-
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 respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
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 consequence of such consignment or endorsement.
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 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.
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 offspring of such widows by any second marriage are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property; AND WHEREAS many Hindus believe that this imputed legal incapacity, although it is in accordance with established custom, is not in accordance with a true interpretation of the precepts of their religion, and desire that the civil law administered by the Courts of Justice shall no longer prevent those Hindus who may be so minded from adopting a different custom, in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience; AND WHEREAS it is just to relieve all such Hindus from this legal incapacity of which they complain, and the removal of all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu widows will tend to the promotion of good morals and to the public welfare; It is enacted as follows:-
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 notwithstanding.
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 property, with no power of alienating the same, shall upon her re-marriage cease and determine as if she had then died; and the next heirs of her deceased husband, or other persons entitled to the property on her death, shall thereupon succeed to the same.
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 relative of the deceased husband, may petition the highest Court having original jurisdiction in civil cases in the place where the deceased husband was domiciled at the time of his death for the appointment of some proper person to be guardian of the said children, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the said Court, if it shall think fit, to appoint such guardian, who when appointed shall be entitled to have the care and custody of the said children, or of any of them during their minority, in the place of their mother; and in making such appointment the Court shall be guided, so far as may be by the laws and rules in force touching the guardianship of children who have neither father nor mother: Provided that, when the said children have not property of their own sufficient for their support and proper education whilst minors, no such appointment shall be made otherwise than with the consent of the mother unless the proposed guardian shall have given security for the support and proper education of the children whilst minors.
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 of her being childless widow.
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 marriage.
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 the ground that such words, ceremonies or engagements are inapplicable to the case of a widow.
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 next male relative.
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 marriage shall be declared void after it has been consummated.
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 political education or for charitable purposes; It is enacted as follows:-
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 under this Act.
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 entrusted. A copy of the rules and regulations of the society, certified to be a correct copy by not less than three of the members of the governing body shall be filed with the memorandum of association.
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 Companies of the names, addresses and occupations of the governors, council, directors, committee or other governing body then entrusted with the management of the affairs of the society.
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 society by their proper title.
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 the occasion: Provided that it shall be competent for any person having a claim or demand against the society, to sue the president or chairman, or principal secretary or the trustees thereof, if on application to the governing body some other officer or person be not nominated to be the defendant.
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 in the name of or against the successor of such person.
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 the judgment, the fact of the party against whom it shall have been recovered having sued or having been sued, as the case may be, on behalf of the society only, and shall require to have the judgment enforced against the property of the society.
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 the members present at such meeting shall be necessary), any pecuniary penalty is imposed for the breach of any rule or bye-law of the society, such penalty, when accrued, may be recovered in any Court having jurisdiction where the defendant shall reside, or the society shall be situate, as the governing body thereof shall deem expedient.
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 arrear or for the damage accruing from such detention, injury or destruction of property in the manner hereinbefore provided.
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 have process against the property of the said society in the manner above described.
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 subject to the same prosecution, and, if convicted, shall be liable to be punished in like manner as any person not a member would be subject and liable to in respect of the like offence.
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 wholly or partially with any other society, such governing body may submit the proposition to the members of the society in a written or printed report and may convene a special meeting for the consideration thereof according to the regulations of the society; but no such proposition shall be carried into effect unless such report shall have been delivered or sent by post to every member of the society ten days previous to the special meeting convened by the governing body for the consideration thereof, nor unless such proposition shall have been agreed to by the votes of three-fifths of the members delivered in person or by proxy, and confirmed by the votes of three-fifths of the members present at a second special meeting convened by the governing body at an interval of one month after the former meeting. 12.(b) 2 [Any such alteration, extension or abridgement or, as the case may be, amalgamation or any change in the name, address or list of Directors, members of the executive committee, governing body or any other body of the society shall be intimated to the registrar for record within twenty-one days from the date of such alteration, extension, amalgamation or change, as the case may be.]
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 3 [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 4 [* * *].
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 liabilities, according to the rules of the said society applicable thereto, if any, and, if not, then as the governing body shall find expedient, provided that, in the event of any dispute arising among the said governing body or the members of the society, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the principal Court of original civil jurisdiction of the district in which the chief building of the society is situate; and the Court shall make such order in the matter as it shall deem requisite:
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 determined by the votes of not less than three-fifths of the members present personally or by proxy at the time of the dissolution, or in, default thereof, by such Court as aforesaid: Provided, however, that this clause shall not apply to any society which shall have been founded or established by the contributions of shareholders in the nature of a Joint-stock Company.
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; but in all proceedings under this Act no person shall be entitled to vote or to be counted as a member whose subscription at the time shall have been in arrear for a period exceeding three months.
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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1The Districts Act, 1836

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1836 )

http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-1.html

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Power to create new Districts

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

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1The Districts Act, 1836

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1836 )

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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 was added by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 )

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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:-

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

( ACT NO. XII OF 1850 )

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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.

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

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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 authority by which each public accountant is appointed to his office.

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

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“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 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.

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

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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 case, to the proceedings against and by such public accountant.

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The Public Accountant's Default Act, 1850

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[Repealed]

6. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).]

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The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850

( ACT NO. XVIII OF 1850 )

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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:-

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The Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850

( ACT NO. XVIII OF 1850 )

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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, 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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

( ACT NO. XXXVII OF 1850 )

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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 follows:-

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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[Repealed]

1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act No. XIV of 1870).]

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 2 [in the service of the Republic] not removable from his appointment without the sanction of the Government, it may cause the substance of the imputations to be drawn into distinct articles of charge, and may order a formal and public inquiry to be made into the truth thereof.

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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 before the beginning of the inquiry.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 liable to the penalties of perjury, but this enactment shall not be construed to prevent the Government from instituting any enquiry which it shall think fit, without such accusation on oath or solemn affirmation as aforesaid.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 also will be forthcoming to answer any counter-charge or action which may be afterwards brought against him for malicious prosecution or perjury or subornation of perjury, as the case may be.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 discharge of their duty under the commission, and shall be entitled to the same protection as the Zila and City Judges, except that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or other compulsory process, shall be served through and executed by the Zila or City Judge in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides, on whom the process is to be served. When the commission has been issued to a Court, or other person or persons having power to issue such process in the exercise of their ordinary authority, they may also use all such power for the purposes of the commission.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 person accused refuses, or without reasonable cause neglects, to appear to answer the charge either personally or by his counsel or agent, he shall be taken to admit the truth of the articles of charge.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 examined, but not on any new matter, without leave of the commissioners, who also may put such question as they think fit.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 have, if he demand it, adjournment of the proceedings for three clear days, before the exhibition of such new evidence exclusive of the day of adjournment and of the day to which the proceedings are adjourned.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 prosecutor.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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[Repealed]

17. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (Act No. XII of 1876).]

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 for the defence, in which case the person accused shall not be entitled to any adjournment of the proceedings, although such new evidence were not included in the list furnished to him.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 time. The commissioners may also, if they think fit, adjourn the inquiry from time to time, on the application of either the prosecutor or the person accused on the ground of sickness or unavoidable absence of any witness or other reasonable cause. When such application is made and refused, the commissioners shall record the application, and their reasons for refusing to comply with it.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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 manner as is herein directed with respect to the original charges. When special commissioners have been appointed, the Government may also, if it thinks fit, refer the report of the commissioners to the Court or other authority to which the person accused is subordinate, for their opinion on the case; and will finally pass such orders thereon as appear just and consistent with its powers in such cases.

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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-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).]

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The Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850

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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.

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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 of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).

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The Tolls Act, 1851

( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 )

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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:-

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The Tolls Act, 1851

( ACT NO. VIII OF 1851 )

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[Repealed]

1. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1870 (Act XIV of 1870).]

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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Extent

1A. 1 [This Act extends to the whole of Bangladesh].

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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Power to cause levy of tolls on roads and bridges, and to appoint collectors

2. The 2 [* * *] 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 3 [* * *] Government; and may place the collection of such tolls under the management of such persons as may appear to it proper: and all persons employed in the management and collection of such tolls shall be liable to the same responsibilities as would belong to them if employed in the collection of the land-revenue.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 such seizure, the case shall be brought before the officer appointed to superintend the collection of the said toll, who may sell the property seized for discharge of the toll, and all expenses occasioned by such non-payment, seizure and sale, and cause any balance that may remain to be returned, on demand, to the owner of the property; and the said officer, on receipt of the property, shall forthwith issue a notice that, at noon of the next day, exclusive of Sunday, or any closed holiday, he will sell the property by auction:

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 4 [Government] provided that no exemption shall be granted during the currency of a lease.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 toll, or under colour of this Act seize or sell any property knowing such seizure or sale to be unlawful, or in any manner unlawfully extort money or any valuable thing from any person under colour of this Act, shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six calendar months, or to fine not exceeding two hundred 5 [Taka], any part of which fine may be awarded by the Magistrate to the person aggrieved; but this remedy shall not be deemed to bar or affect his right to have redress by suit in the Civil Court.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 6 [Bengali] words and figures, 7 [* * *] to which shall be annexed, written or printed in like manner, a statement of the penalties for refusing to pay the tolls and for taking any unlawful toll.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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Tolls levied deemed to be public revenue

8. The tolls levied under this Act shall be deemed public revenue.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 Government may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to accept the offer of the highest bidder, and may accept any other bid or may withdraw the tolls from such auction. (3) The lessee shall give security for the due fulfilment of the conditions of the lease, and the sums payable under the terms of the lease shall be recoverable as a public demand.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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 attaching to persons so appointed.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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.

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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.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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.

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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.”]

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The Tolls Act, 1851

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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, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 3 The words “Central or any Provincial” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 4 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) 5 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) 6 The word “Bengali” was substituted, for the word “English” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). 7 The words and comma “and also in those of the vernacular language of the district,” were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973) 8 Sections 9 to 14 were inserted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

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The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855

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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 such executors, administrators or representatives; It is enacted hereby as follows:-

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The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XII OF 1855 )

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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 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.

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The Legal Representative Suits Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XII OF 1855 )

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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, 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.

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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 )

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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 and expedient that the wrong doer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him; It is enacted as follows:-

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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 )

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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 shall be liable to an action or suit for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony or other crime. Every such action or suit shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and child, if any, of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and shall be brought by and in the name of the executor, administrator or representative of the person deceased; and in every such action the Court may give such damages as it may think proportioned to the loss resulting from such death to the parties respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought; and the amount so recovered, after deducting all costs and expenses, including the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before mentioned parties, or any of them, in such shares as the Court by its judgment or decree shall direct.

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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 )

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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 deceased occasioned by such wrongful act, neglect or default, which sum, when recovered, shall be deemed part of the assets of the estate of the deceased.

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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 )

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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.

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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

( ACT NO. XIII OF 1855 )

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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 father and mother and grand-father and grand-mother; and the word "child" shall include son and daughter and grand-son and grand-daughter and step-son and step-daughter.

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The Bills of Lading Act, 1856

( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 )

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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 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:-

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The Bills of Lading Act, 1856

( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 )

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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 respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.

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The Bills of Lading Act, 1856

( ACT NO. IX OF 1856 )

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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 consequence of such consignment or endorsement.

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The Bills of Lading Act, 1856

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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 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.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 )

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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 offspring of such widows by any second marriage are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property; AND WHEREAS many Hindus believe that this imputed legal incapacity, although it is in accordance with established custom, is not in accordance with a true interpretation of the precepts of their religion, and desire that the civil law administered by the Courts of Justice shall no longer prevent those Hindus who may be so minded from adopting a different custom, in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience; AND WHEREAS it is just to relieve all such Hindus from this legal incapacity of which they complain, and the removal of all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu widows will tend to the promotion of good morals and to the public welfare; It is enacted as follows:-

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 )

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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 notwithstanding.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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 property, with no power of alienating the same, shall upon her re-marriage cease and determine as if she had then died; and the next heirs of her deceased husband, or other persons entitled to the property on her death, shall thereupon succeed to the same.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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 relative of the deceased husband, may petition the highest Court having original jurisdiction in civil cases in the place where the deceased husband was domiciled at the time of his death for the appointment of some proper person to be guardian of the said children, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the said Court, if it shall think fit, to appoint such guardian, who when appointed shall be entitled to have the care and custody of the said children, or of any of them during their minority, in the place of their mother; and in making such appointment the Court shall be guided, so far as may be by the laws and rules in force touching the guardianship of children who have neither father nor mother: Provided that, when the said children have not property of their own sufficient for their support and proper education whilst minors, no such appointment shall be made otherwise than with the consent of the mother unless the proposed guardian shall have given security for the support and proper education of the children whilst minors.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 )

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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 of her being childless widow.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 )

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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 marriage.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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 the ground that such words, ceremonies or engagements are inapplicable to the case of a widow.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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 next male relative.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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 marriage shall be declared void after it has been consummated.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

( ACT NO. XV OF 1856 )

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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.

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The Hindu Widow's Re-marriage Act, 1856

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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)

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 political education or for charitable purposes; It is enacted as follows:-

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 under this Act.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 entrusted. A copy of the rules and regulations of the society, certified to be a correct copy by not less than three of the members of the governing body shall be filed with the memorandum of association.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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.]

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 Companies of the names, addresses and occupations of the governors, council, directors, committee or other governing body then entrusted with the management of the affairs of the society.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 society by their proper title.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 the occasion: Provided that it shall be competent for any person having a claim or demand against the society, to sue the president or chairman, or principal secretary or the trustees thereof, if on application to the governing body some other officer or person be not nominated to be the defendant.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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 in the name of or against the successor of such person.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 the judgment, the fact of the party against whom it shall have been recovered having sued or having been sued, as the case may be, on behalf of the society only, and shall require to have the judgment enforced against the property of the society.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 the members present at such meeting shall be necessary), any pecuniary penalty is imposed for the breach of any rule or bye-law of the society, such penalty, when accrued, may be recovered in any Court having jurisdiction where the defendant shall reside, or the society shall be situate, as the governing body thereof shall deem expedient.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 arrear or for the damage accruing from such detention, injury or destruction of property in the manner hereinbefore provided.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 have process against the property of the said society in the manner above described.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 subject to the same prosecution, and, if convicted, shall be liable to be punished in like manner as any person not a member would be subject and liable to in respect of the like offence.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

( ACT NO. XXI OF 1860 )

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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 wholly or partially with any other society, such governing body may submit the proposition to the members of the society in a written or printed report and may convene a special meeting for the consideration thereof according to the regulations of the society; but no such proposition shall be carried into effect unless such report shall have been delivered or sent by post to every member of the society ten days previous to the special meeting convened by the governing body for the consideration thereof, nor unless such proposition shall have been agreed to by the votes of three-fifths of the members delivered in person or by proxy, and confirmed by the votes of three-fifths of the members present at a second special meeting convened by the governing body at an interval of one month after the former meeting. 12.(b) 2 [Any such alteration, extension or abridgement or, as the case may be, amalgamation or any change in the name, address or list of Directors, members of the executive committee, governing body or any other body of the society shall be intimated to the registrar for record within twenty-one days from the date of such alteration, extension, amalgamation or change, as the case may be.]

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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:

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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Provided that 3 [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 4 [* * *].

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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 liabilities, according to the rules of the said society applicable thereto, if any, and, if not, then as the governing body shall find expedient, provided that, in the event of any dispute arising among the said governing body or the members of the society, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the principal Court of original civil jurisdiction of the district in which the chief building of the society is situate; and the Court shall make such order in the matter as it shall deem requisite:

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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 determined by the votes of not less than three-fifths of the members present personally or by proxy at the time of the dissolution, or in, default thereof, by such Court as aforesaid: Provided, however, that this clause shall not apply to any society which shall have been founded or established by the contributions of shareholders in the nature of a Joint-stock Company.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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; but in all proceedings under this Act no person shall be entitled to vote or to be counted as a member whose subscription at the time shall have been in arrear for a period exceeding three months.

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The Societies Registration Act, 1860

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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.