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12/10/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Land Holding (Limitation) Order, 1972 (President's Order)

( PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 98 OF 1972 )

4. The Government may relax the limitations imposed by Article 3, to such extent and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, in the following cases, namely:-
 
 
(a) a co-operative society of farmers where the members thereof surrender their ownership in the lands unconditionally to the society and cultivate the lands themselves;
 
 
(b) land used for cultivation of tea, rubber or coffee 1[or covered by orchards];
 
 
(c) an industrial concern holding land for the production of raw materials for manufacture of commodities in its own factories;
 
 
(d) any other case where such relaxation is considered necessary in the public interest.

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    The words “or covered by orchards” were inserted by Article 3 of the Bangladesh Land Holding (Limitation) (Amendment) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 138 of 1972)
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