acts/act-print-362.json

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  "act_title": "The Control of Essential Commodities (Extension to the Chittagong Hill-Tracts) Ordinance, 1970 (East Pakistan Ordinance)",
  "act_no": "ORDINANCE",
  "act_year": "1970",
  "publication_date": "19/07/2025",
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    {
      "section_content": "1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the2[* * *] Control of Essential Commodities (Extension to the Chittagong Hill-Tracts) Ordinance, 1970.(2) It shall come into force at once."
    },
    {
      "section_content": "2. The3[* * *] Control of Essential Commodities Act, 1956, shall apply to the district of Chittagong Hill-tracts."
    }
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    {
      "footnote_text": "1The words “East Pakistan” were omitted by Article 6 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)"
    },
    {
      "footnote_text": "2The words “East Pakistan” were omitted by Article 6 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)"
    },
    {
      "footnote_text": "3The words “East Pakistan” were omitted by Article 6 of theBangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972(President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)"
    }
  ],
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    "copyright_text": "Copyright©2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs DivisionMinistry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs"
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