15. No goods specified in the following clauses shall be brought, whether by air or land or sea, into Bangladesh:-

(a) counterfeit coin;

(b) forged or counterfeit currency notes ¹[ and any other counterfeit product];

(c) any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting, representation, figure, photograph, film or article ²[ , video or audio recording, CDs or recording on any other media];

(d) ³[ goods having applied thereto a counterfeit trade mark within the meaning of the Penal Code ( Act XLV of 1860), or a false trade description within the meaning of the ট্রেডমার্ক আইন, ২০০৯ (২০০৯ সনের ১৯ নং আইন) (Trademarks Act, 2009 (Act No. 19 of 2009));]

(e) goods made or produced outside Bangladesh and having applied thereto any name or trade mark, being or purporting to be the name or trade mark of any manufacturer, dealer or trader in Bangladesh unless-

(i) the name or trade mark is, as to every application thereof, accompanied by a definite indication of the goods having been made or produced in a place outside Bangladesh; and

(ii) the country in which that place is situated is in that indication shown in letters as large and conspicuous as any letter in the name or trade mark, and in the same language and character as the name or trade mark;

(f) piece-goods manufactured outside Bangladesh (such as are ordinarily sold by length or by the piece), unless the real length thereof in standard ⁴[ metres] or other measurement for the time being applying in Bangladesh has been conspicuously stamped on each piece in Arabic numerals; ⁵[ ***]

⁶[ (g) goods made or produced outside Bangladesh and intended for sale, and having applied thereto, a design in which copyright exists under the 7[বাংলাদেশ পেটেন্ট আইন, ২০২২' href='/act-1401.html'>⁸[বাংলাদেশ পেটেন্ট আইন, ২০২২ (২০২২ সনের ৫ নং আইন)] and in respect of the class to which the goods belong and any fraudulent or obvious imitation of such design except when the application of such design has been made with the license or written consent of the registered proprietor of the design;⁹[***]

(h) goods or items produced outside Bangladesh involving infringement of কপিরাইট আইন, ২০০০ (২০০০ সনের ২৮ নং আইন) (Copyright Act, 2000 (Act No. 28 of 2000)] or infringement of layout design of integrated circuit that are intended for sale or use for commercial purposes within the territory of Bangladesh¹⁰[; and])]

¹¹[(i) Goods made or produced outside Bangladesh in violation of the provisions of ভৌগোলিক নির্দেশক পণ্য (নিবন্ধন ও সুরক্ষা) আইন, ২০১৩ (২০১৩ সনের ৫৪ নং আইন) intended for sale or use for commercial purpose within the territory of Bangladesh.]

 ¹²[Provided that the Government may, by an order in writing, condone, subject to such conditions, limitations or restrictions, if any, as it thinks fit to impose, any Classes of goods from the provision mentioned in sub section  [(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h).]]