An Ordinance to provide for the conservation of private forests and for the afforestation in certain cases of waste lands in Bangladesh.♣
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for conservation of forests and for the afforestation of waste lands in Bangladesh where such forests or lands are not the property of the Government or where the Government have no proprietory right over such forests or lands;
AND in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the 7th day of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the President, the Governor is pleased, in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-
Short title, extent and commencement
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the [* * *] Private Forests Ordinance, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Ordinance, in whole or in part, shall come into force in such areas and on such dates as the Government may, by notification, specify and for this purpose different dates may be specified for different provisions of this Ordinance and for different areas.
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