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"act_title": "The Law Reports Act, 1875",
"act_no": "XVIII",
"act_year": "1875",
"publication_date": "19/07/2025",
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"section_content": "1. This Act may be called theLaw Reports Act, 1875."
},
{
"section_content": "It extends to the whole of1[Bangladesh]."
},
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"section_content": "2[And it shall come into force at once]."
},
{
"section_content": "2. [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1876 (Act No. XII of 1876).]"
},
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"section_content": "3. No Court shall be bound to hear cited, or shall receive or treat as an authority binding on it, the report of any case decided3[* * *] by4[the Supreme Court], other than a report published under the authority of5[Government]."
},
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"section_content": "4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to any judicial decision any further or other authority than it would have had if this Act had not been passed."
}
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"footnote_text": "1The words \"Bangladesh\" was substituted, for the word \"Pakistan\" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
},
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"footnote_text": "2Third paragraph of section 1 was substituted, for the original third paragraph by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
},
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"footnote_text": "3The words \"on or after the said day\" were omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
},
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"footnote_text": "4The words \"the Supreme Court\" were substituted, for the words \"any High Court\" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
},
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"footnote_text": "5The word \"Government\" was substituted, for the words \"a Provincial Government\" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
}
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"copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
},
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