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04/10/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, 1950 (East Bengal Act)

( ACT NO. XVIII OF 1950 )

[ 18th May, 1950 ]

Power to prohibit sale of fish
4. The 1[* * *] Government may, by notification, prohibit for a specified period the 2[catching, carrying, transporting, offering, exposing or possession] for sale or barter of fishes below the prescribed size of any prescribed species throughout 3[Bangladesh] or any part thereof.
  • 1
    The word “Provincial” was omitted by section 6 of the Protection and Conservation of Fish (Amendment) Ordinance,1982 (Ordinance No. LV of 1982)
  • 2
    The words “catching, carrying, transporting, offering, exposing or possession” were substituted for the words “offering or exposing or possession” by section 6 of the Protection and Conservation of Fish (Amendment) Ordinance,1982 (Ordinance No. LV of 1982)
  • 3
    The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the words “the Province of East Pakistan” by section 6 of the Protection and Conservation of Fish (Amendment) Ordinance,1982 (Ordinance No. LV of 1982)
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