Title, extent and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be called the
Lepers Act, 1898.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
(3) It shall not come into force in any part thereof until the Government, as hereinafter provided, has declared it applicable thereto.
(4) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, apply this Act or any part thereof to the whole or any portion of Bangladesh.
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