The Acquisition of Waste Land Act, 1950 (East Bengal Act)
(
ACT
NO. XIX OF 1950
)
[ 18th May, 1950 ]
An Act to provide for the acquisition for public purposes of waste land in Bangladesh.1♣
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the acquisition for public purposes of waste land in Bangladesh;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Short title and extent
1. (1) This Act may be called the 2[* * *] Acquisition of Waste Land Act, 1950.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh except any area constituted a municipality under the provisions of 3[the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (XXVI of 1977)].
1
Throughout this Act, the words “Bangladesh” and “Government” were substituted for the words “East Pakistan” and “Provincial Government” respectively by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2
The words “East Bengal” were omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)
3
The words, comma, brackets and figures “the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. XXVI of 1977)” were substituted for the words, comma and figures “the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
