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1The Canals Act, 1864

( ACT NO. V OF 1864 )

[ 8th June, 1864 ]

♣An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the collection of tolls on canals and other lines of navigation, and for the construction and improvement of lines of navigation in [Bangladesh]
  Preamble
 
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to the collection of tolls on canals and lines of navigation and to authorize the collection of tolls on such other lines of navigation as may hereafter be rendered subject to the provisions to this Act, and to provide for the construction and improvement of lines of navigation;
 
 
It is enacted as follows:-
 
 
 
Short title
20. This Act may be cited as the Canals Act, 1864.
 
 
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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words “Government” and “taka” were substituted, for the words “Provincial Government” and “rupees” respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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